LaPorte County, Indiana - Chapter 36: Religion, 1904 (part 6 of 23)

On the 6th of February of the latter year he wras elected bishop of Indiana, in Grace Cathedral, Indianapolis, and was consecrated fourth bishop of Indiana in St. Paul's church of that city, May 1, 1895, the consecrators being Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri; Bishop Leonard, of Ohio; and Bishop Gilbert, of Minnesota. The preacher was Bishop McLaren, of Chicago, the presentors being Bishop Nicholsen, of Milwaukee, and Bishop Hale, of Springfield, Illinois, and Bishop Whitehead, of Pittsburg, was also present at the time. Bishop White administered the see of Indiana from 1895 until April, 1899, and in October of the latter year the general convention at Washington gave consent to the division of the diocese of the state and the creation of -a new diocese north of the dividing line. As was his privilege, Bishop White selected the new diocese and organized its primary convention in Trinity church, Michigan City, April 26, 1899, thereby becoming the first bishop of the diocese of Michigan City, which became his official place of residence and Trinity church his cathedral. The degrees of Doctor of Divinity were conferred upon him at the time of his elec¬ tion, in 1895, by Kenyon College and Seabury Divinity School, both institutions conferring the degree the same year. He now has about thirty

On the 23d of April, 1879, Bishop White mar¬ ried Miss Marie Louise Holbrook, youngest child of D. C. Holbrook, a prominent lawyer of De¬ troit, Michigan. Her mother was Mary Ann May, who was formerly the wife of a Mr. Berdan, and to them was born a daughter, Ella, now the wife of Colonel F. W. Swift, of Detroit. Three children were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook: May, now the wife of F. H. Walker, of Detroit ; D. C. Holbrook, Jr., who resides at Great Falls, Montana ; and Marie Louise, the wife of Bishop White. The union of Bishop and Mrs. White has been blessed with seven children, namely: Howard Russell, who is a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, with the class of 1902, and is now studying for the ministry at Nashotah, Wisconsin, where he is a candidate for holy orders and is at present an instructor in the institution ; DeWitt Holbrook, who died on the 2d of July, 1902, at the age of twenty years ; Mary May, a graduate of Knickerbocker Hall, Indianapolis; Charlotte Strong, now a pupil in that institution ; Edward Sanger, a student in the high school in Michigan City ; Walker, at school in Michigan City ; and Katherine Ames, a student at Knickerbocker Hall. In his fraternal relations Bishop White is a member of Acme Lodge No. 83, F. & A. M. ; Michigan City Chapter No. 25, R. A. M. ; Michigan City Commandery No. 30, K. T. ; and is prelate of [he Grand Commandery of the state of Indiana. He takes just pride in the fact th^t he is chaplain general of the old Revolu¬ tionary order of the Cincinnati. He is also chap¬ lain of the Indiana Commandery of the Loyal Legion, and was a charter member of the Indiana Commandery of the Sons of the Revolution.

EDWARD F. KEEBLER, of the firm of E. F. Keebler & Company, who make a specialty of Chicago business property situated within the union loop, is one of the stanch friends of La- Porte, and is well remembered there as one of the native-born boys who have gone to Chicago and gained a creditable position in business and affairs. Mr. Keebler began his career in the fine training school of a railroad office, and held some positions of importance before he left the busi¬ ness. Afterward becoming connected with real estate and insurance, he rapidly passed from sub¬ ordinate to independent positions, and for ten years has been at the head of one of the largest firms making a specialty of one class of Chicago property.

His parents, John C. and Anna (Wanner) Keebler, were both natives of Switzerland, and emigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago when it was a mere village. Mr. John Keebler often relates how he once had an oppor¬ tunity of acquiring the ground where the Polk street depot now stands, in exchange for a team of horses ; but he could be accused of no lack of foresight in refusing the offer, for the location of the town was most uninviting and seemed to have no future prospects at all. For some time he had the contract for sprinkling the streets, and was later in the wholesale grocery business. In an early day, Mr. Keebler came to La Porte and engaged in the grocery business on Main street, which he continued for many years. In later life he sold out, and is now living retired at LaPorte, at the age of seventy-six; his wife died in La¬ Porte in 1890.

Edward F. Keebler was bom in the city of LaPorte in 1865, and was educated in the La¬ Porte high school. He then became assistant cashier for the Lake Shore Railroad Company at LaPorte, which position he held for three years. He then came to Chicago, and was made assistant chief clerk for the in-freight department of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company. At that time he had the employing of about fifteen clerks, and he sent for a number of capable young men of his acquaintance at LaPorte, and gave them employment in his department. Mr. Keebler was next transferred to the place of abstract clerk for the same company, under the agency of A. B. Brinkerhoff ; then entered the fire insurance office of A. H. Darrow, on LaSalle street, who had an immense business and represented ten of the leading companies, Mr. Keebler being bookkeep* er and policy clerk for three years. He then be¬ came manager of the renting department of W. A. Merigold & Company, who were at that time among the largest real estate operators in Chi¬ cago. After two years of experience with this firm he opened a real estate and renting office of his own at 146 LaSalle street, where he remained four years; was located in the Woman's Temple about three years, at 226 LaSalle street for three years, and then came to his present location, Con¬ tinental Bank building, 218 LaSalle street. Since engaging in business for himself the firm name has been E. F. Keebler & Company, his brother August C., who died in 1900, having been a part¬ ner in the firm until his death.

Mr. Keebler makes a specialty of rents and leases in down-town property, especially within the loop. He is an expert rent valuator, and since entering the business has negotiated leases that approximately aggregate, to this time, twentyfive million dollars in rents. There is probably not a large business establishment down town which has not had dealings with him in negotiat¬ ing leases. His prominence in real estate circles makes his judgment and opinions of great value, and his advice and views in regard to such mat¬ ters are often quoted in the daily papers.

Mr. Keebler has a brother, Henry J., who is connected with the Illinois Casing Company, and a sister, Nettie, who is the wife of A. L. Buchan¬ an. In 1887 Mr. Keebler was married to Miss Wilhelmina Pottgeiser, a daughtet of the well known capitalist and wealthy real estate owner, Gilbert Pottgeiser. One son was born of this union, Gilbert Keebler. Mr. Keebler is promi¬ nent in various ways outside of his business, and is a member of several clubs and societies.

REV. E. D. DANIELS, the subject of this sketch and the author and compiler of the histori¬ cal portion of this work, was born in the forties of the nineteenth century, in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. His parents were William C. and Nancy C. (Richards) Daniels. The family came of old Puritan stock. He is Welsh on both sides of the house. When he was six years of age his parents moved to South Braintree, near Boston, which was their home during the re¬ mainder of their natural life. He was educated in a private school in Cambridgeport, in the pub¬ lic schools of South Braintree, in Pierce Acad¬ emy, Middleboro, Massachusetts, in Milton Academy of the same state, in Kimball Union Academy of Meriden, New Hampshire, then in the front rank of educational institutions, in Colby University, Waterville, Maine, and he has been a close student ever since.

His father was first a Whig and then a Mug¬ wump, but as soon as he became old enough to choose rationally for himself the boy became a Republican and has voted that ticket ever since. When the Civil war broke out young Daniels, though but a boy, determined to go, and only waited for his opportunity. In 1863 the officers of General Hancock's old division, the first di¬ vision of the Second Army Corps, conceived the idea of having a splendid band of music at di¬ vision headquarters. There was no provision by government for a division band, but each brigade was allowed a band, two or more of which might be put together. Accordingly, by general agree¬ ment of the officers, Major Hancock, General Hancock's half brother, came on to Boston and enlisted two brigade bands, one for the first brigade and the other for the second brigade of the division. A few men were enlisted from Gil¬ more's band of Boston, a few from Fisk's cele¬ brated band of Worcester, Massachusetts, others from other places, and among them was young Daniels, who even then had played in a band and orchestra for years ; for he had been brought up in the midst of music and had learned it as he had learned to talk. His parents gave their con¬ sent - withheld until now - that the boy enlist with an uncle of his who was going in the same body of men. These two brigade bands were consolidated and stationed at division headquar¬ ters. With a few details of good musicians from the ranks, they numbered about forty. They were all experienced musicians and played little but high-class music. Their bandmaster was Cornelius Higgins of Gilmore's band, then ac¬ knowledged the greatest clarinet player in the world. Under his instructions they soon became famous and were known throughout the Army of the Potomac as "Higgiti's Division Band." The duty of young Daniels' when fighting was going on was to care for the wounded on the field of battle, staunch their blood, dress their wounds, and keep them alive until the surgeons could properly attend to them. When the war closed and he was discharged from the service he was offered a position to play in Heinich's celebrated Germania band of Boston, but he declined it and returned to his studies which he had left to enter the army.

From a child young Daniels had felt that some day he would be a clergyman, and this feel¬ ing deepened into a conviction of duty. Sev¬ eral opportunities to enter commercial life were presented to him but he passed them by and finally entered the gospel ministry, in which he has been active ever since. In the early seventies he came to the middle west, where he has been since that time, with the exception of a four years' pastorate in Toronto, Ontario, and a two years' pastorate in Washington, D. C. For the past eleven years he has been pastor of what is known as the New Church society in La Porte, Indiana, previous to which he was six years a pastor in Indianapolis. Besides his ministerial work he has done something in authorship ; and, though he has never made any attempt to join a lecture bureau, he has received and responded to many calls to lecture, especially before educa¬ tional and literary institutions and on patriotic occasions. He has a large number of the highest testimonials to his personal character and work in former pastorates and in lecture appointments. He is a public-spirited man, has identified him¬ self with the community in which he lives, and has the respect of his fellow citizens. He sees that in the education of his family and in many other respects he has received from the com¬ munity greater benefits than all the wealth of the Standard Oil Company could buy, and in return he has freely given himself to the community in every good word and work. In his efforts for the betterment of men he is not fanatical and ex¬ treme but practical, believing that if a thorough reform is at present impossible, a partial reform is much better than none, and that we must deal with the world as it is and not as it ought to be. He is a member of several secret orders, but the Grand Army of the Republic is about the only one he keeps up. He is far from being a dog¬ matist, believing that doctrines are true or false as they agree or disagree with the experimental and practical Christian life, and useful only as they promote that life. He is a man of broad and tolerant spirit, believing that every church and sect stands for some principle which Chris¬ tendom could not so well do without. He has a large and beautiful family and a cultured wife who is beloved by all who know her.

HON. ADDISON BALLARD, of Chicago, the details of whose life are of extreme interest both from a historical and romantic point of view, and whose entire career has been fruitful and of more than ordinary importance, is one of LaPorte's old-time citizens, and in the years about the central portion of the last century was identi¬ fied so closely with the nascent city that his name will always be linked with LaPorte history.

Addison Ballard was born in Salem township, Warren county, Ohio, November 30, 1823, and is the son of Thomas and Sarah (Lewis) Ballard, who lived in the vicinity of Lynchburg, Virginia. Thomas Ballard was born in Campbell county, Virginia, and was a pioneer to Ohio in 1814, settling in Warren county, where he cleared up a farm. In later life he moved to Richmond, Indi¬ ana, where he died in 1848, and where his wife, also a native of Virginia, likewise passed away. The Ballards were all devoted to the simple be¬ liefs of the Quaker sect, and Mr. Ballard himself is of that faith, and was an early member of the old Society of Friends at LaPorte.

Addison Ballard was reared on a farm, and he had the advantage of passing part of his life with the noted old Butterworth family of Ohio, with whom members of his own family had inter¬ married. But much of his young life was passed amid privations and hard labor upon the farms along the Little Miami valley. For sixteen hours, more or less per day, he received wages of from four to ten dollars per month. But along with the moral uprightness of his Quaker parents, he had inherited a strong constitution, and hardships only hindered his path to success, were not in¬ superable obstacles. For education he spent a term of sixty days in a little log schoolhouse, and for his eight hours a day of mental training he paid eight hours in toil before dawn and late at night, and all his Saturdays for his board and lodging. But he gained in this way an acquaint¬ ance with the three R's, which the requirements of business in later years perfected into a passable education.

In 1836 Jahue Lewis, Mr. Ballard's maternal uncle, had moved to LaPorte county, Indiana, and built a sawmill at the headwaters of Galena river, and in 1841, when he and his family were back in Ohio on a visit, he bought an extra horse to take along with him to Indiana. This animal was without saddle and unshod, and a young man of about eighteen years took advantage of the mode of conveyance to go to Indiana and work in a sawmill. This was the manner of Mr. Ballard's entrance into LaPorte, on the 21st of August, 1841.

On his arrival in this northern Indiana county Mr. Ballard was not at all pleased with the prof¬ fered situation in the sawmill, and he then cast about to find some permanent industry to which he could devote his energies. In his youth, as a matter of necessity rather than from choice, he had worked the bellows in a blacksmith shop, had driven a horse round the circle to blow wind into the blast furnace; had done the same thing in an oil mill and a tannery ; and while employed in a wagon-maker's shop had gained some knowl¬ edge of edged tools, which now furnished him a clue to permanent work. He hired out to a corpenter at six dollars a month and board, and during his period of apprenticeship worked for about all the boss carpenters that were in La¬ Porte at that day. Those with whom he worked as apprentice, journeyman and co-partner were John Allen, Luther Mann, William D. Farns¬ worth, James Caruth, James Bowers, Brown and Southard, Noah Francis, Ball and Pence, and John Allright, all of whom have passed away, but who were a part of the history of LaPorte during the years between 1841 and 1852.

attended school for a few weeks and worked on a farm until he had saved ten dollars. With a schoolmate possessed of the same capital, he set out for the west to make his way to his com¬ panion's father, who had settled on the Desplaines river, near Chicago. They went down the Ohio to St. Louis, then up the Illinois as far as Peru, where, their money giving out, they had to make the rest of the way on foot acros the praires covered with one expanse of mud and slush from the melting of the heavy snows of the preceding winter. One day in the spring of 1843, Mr. Ballard, with his companion and the latter's father, arrived in the young city of Chicago, where Mr. Ballard was to pass much of his sub¬ sequent business career, but which at that time pre¬ sented anything but an encouraging spectacle; the streets were impassable, sidewalks, like pon¬ toons, spanned a sea of mud. The sand hills on the southern shores of Lake Michigan seemed paradisiacal compared to this place, and young Ballard walked and rode with farmers until he reached LaPorte, which he had left the preced¬ ing year, and where he was now content to settle down and work at his trade.

There are a number of houses yet standing in LaPorte with whose construction Mr. Ballard had something to do in those early days of the forties. At that time a dollar a day, with board included, was good carpenter's wages in the country, and a dollar and a half was a high figure in town ; the day was from sun-up to sun¬ down in the summer, and till nine o'clock in the evening for shop work in the winter. In 1847, when the county commissioners of LaPorte coun¬ ty had prepared to build a new court house, the contract was awarded to Luther Mann, as the lowest bidder, at ten thousand dollars and no extras. Mr. Ballard was employed as carpenter, and built the court house which remained as the seat of county government until it was replaced a few years ago by one costing three hundred thousand dollars. Wood-working machinery had not yet reached the west, and all the timbers had to be fashioned with a rip sa\\r and jack plane, followed up with other hand tools, and Mr. Ballard handled every piece of lumber that en¬ tered into the construction of the old court house. The building was finished and accepted in the spring of 1849.

The discovery of gold in the west had set all the young men aflame to dig for treasure, and, though Mr. Ballard missed the regular emigrant train for the west because he could not leave his contracts unfinished, he determined to go west as soon as possible. After spending a few weeks as journeyman carpenter at New Buffalo, which was then looked upon as the probable terminus of the Michigan Central Railroad, he condensed the size of his tool chest, and, setting out from New Buffalo in November, 1849, went to New York, whence he took passage by steamer to the isthmus, thence up the Chagres river to the head of navigation, where he hired a native to carry his tool chest to Panama, and from that port ar¬ rived by sailing vessel in San Francisco in March, 1850. He at once went to the mines, but soon took up the carpenter business, first at Hangtown (now Placerville), and then at Sacramento. His wages were paid in gold dust, sixteen dollars a day. He had many adventures and experiences while in California, and on account of his promi¬ nence in this connection he was chosen and is now the president of the Western Association of California Pioneers, which holds annual meetings at Chicago. In 1899 Mr. Ballard made another trip to Cali¬ fornia, went to near Placerville, and from the same old mine washed out enough gold tomake a ring and some other trinkets, for each member of his family, in the same place where,, fifty years before he had worked as a miner. Mr. Ballard has written, for the Chicago papers, many highly interesting reminiscences of the days of '49-

In 1851 Mr. Ballard went back to the States with fifteen pounds of bold dust around his body. He says that, during the sixty days' passage, he had just about as much money as he could carry, which is the dream and de¬ sire of many men, and that much con¬ verted into silver would be much more than anyone could lift. On his return to La¬ Porte he resumed building in partnership with Luther Mann, and put up the Teegarden Hotel, the Ridgway block and other structures on Main street and elsewhere. The merchants who were doing business in those early days in LaPorte were Richard Hughes, A. and J. Ridgway, Joseph Stebins, Hfram Wheeler, Amzi Clark, Thomas Phillips, Mr. Howell, the father of Mrs. Judge Noyes, and F. Thwing. The three hotels, or taverns, were the LaPorte House, kept by Mr. Evans, better known as "Old Bluey Evans" ; General Brown kept the tavern on the Brown comer, afterward kept by Guffin Treadway, and after that kept by John P. Teeple; the Hobson House, on West Main street, was kept by John Hobson, who was a playmate of Mr. Ballard's father, near Lynchburg, Virginia. When Mr.

Hobson learned of Mr. Ballard's return from the west he invited him to dine at the hotel, and the latter, with the healthy appetite characteristic of travelers from the western plains, did full justice to that Sunday meal.

There were no means of transportation in or out of LaPorte county then except by stage or private conveyance, and the stages were often two or three days behind him. The first communi¬ cation by telegraph was opened up through that part of the country in 1846-7, and the railroads soon followed this enterprising wedge of civiliza¬ tion. The Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, via LaPorte, and the Michigan Central, via Michigan City, the two great trunk lines, were ^ach trying to head the other off in getting to Chicago and the west. In those days railroads were compelled to have charters from each state, designating points within the state between which the line would be built. The Michigan Central had a charter authorizing construction as far as New Buffalo. The company secured another charter, called the Salem and New Albany, which let them into Indiana to a point on Lake Michi¬ gan, and with the tail end of some other charter got into Illinois, on the Illinois Central. The Lake Shore procured an old charter called the Buffalo and Mississippi, which let them into Illi¬ nois, with a junction with the Rock Island of to¬ day. The fight for rights of way across northern Indiana was carried on fiercely. Ezekiel Morri¬ son, of LaPorte, who was one of the directors of the Michigan Southern, on his own account and by order of the company, bought up a long string of forty-acre tracts west of Michigan City, ir\ order to prevent the Michigan Central from crossing this land. At that time there were no laws of eminent domain, and the condition seemed to be an insurmountable obstacle to the Michigan Central's getting further west, but in the winter of 1851-52 the legislatures of several of the north¬ western states simultaneously passed laws, termed "general railroad law," which provided for con¬ demnation of land for right of way, and this term¬ inated the fight between the two roads, which, after reaching Chicago, found there was enough traffic for both roads. It is said that the Michigan Southern still owns some of those tracts of worth¬ less swamp and sand dunes.

In the spring of 1853 Mr. Ballard once more came to Chicago, for the purpose of transacting some business, and as he never got through with it he remained and became a citizen of Chicago, although he says he never moved his trunk from LaPorte (it burning up in the tavern there) ; so

On coming to Chicago Mr. Ballard entered the employ of Wilcox, Lyon & Company, and in 1856 bought an interest in a sash, door and blind factory and planing mill on Market and Taylor streets, and in connection with it took building contracts. In 1861 he went into the lumber busi¬ ness on his own account, and became greatly in¬ terested in the lumber trade and accumulated con¬ siderable property. But the great fire of 1871 ar¬ rested his operations and consumed in one night the structures he had erected, and the stock he had gathered by years of industry. Not only so, but the insurance companies in which he was insured went up with the smoke of the conflagration. But he was one of the indomitable Chicagoans whose energy soon rehabilitated the city on a vast scale, and all was progressing well when the panic of 1873 caused a worse setback, in Mr. Ballard's opinion, to all lines of building and industry, than the fire itself.

After recovering somewhat from the losses of the fire and panic Mr. Ballard re-engaged in the umber business, having a yard on Fifth avenue between Harrison and Polk streets, where the Grand Central depot now stands. He con¬ tinued the business until 1887, when, having re¬ trieved some of his losses, he closed out his stock and retired from the trade. He had reached the age when men are wont to lay off the harness and give themselves leisure to look about them and enjoy some of the fruits of their industry.

Since his retirement from business, however, he has been called upon to take part in public affairs. In 1876 he was elected alderman from the second ward, and served continuously by reelection for six years. Then in 1890, after his removal to the thirty-second ward, he was elected from there as alderman for two years. During his first term he was a member of the building committee in charge of the erection of the city hall, and devoted a great deal of his time to that matter. He became very prominent in that con¬ nection through his injunction suit restraining the city from accepting inferior material and thus be¬ ing swindled. Later, when serving a term as county commissioner of Cook county, he saved the county a million dollars by similar efforts. Throughout his public career he has been a great force for civic cleanliness and honesty. Mr. Ballard was a member of the Chicago delegation which went to Washington in February, 1890. to secure the Columbian exposition for Chicago.

Mr. Ballard was married in Chicago in 1861 to Miss Katharine Miller, and they have one daughter, Mrs. Mary Ballard Derby. Mr. Ballard is an authority on the early history of three localities, California, LaPorte and Chicago, and by his writings and public speeches has con¬ tributed valuable historical material. He has also been a witty and effective speaker in political campaigns, and in politics still adheres, funda¬ mentally, to the safe doctrines of the old-line Whig party.

HARMON McCORMICK. At the time when the country was engaged in Civil war Har¬ mon McCormick proved his loyalty to the Union cause by offering his services to the government, and in days of peace he is equally true to the best interests of his community, favoring good citi¬ zenship and performing his part in all public mat¬ ters pertaining to the general good. He is a lead¬ ing and influential farmer of Union township, living on section 30. Pennsylvania is the state of his nativity, his birth having occurred in Lycom¬ ing county on the 28th of March, 1841.

His father, Thomas McCormick, was also born in Lycoming county, and became a farmer, following that occupation for many years. In 1846 he came to LaPorte county, Indiana, locat¬ ing at Kingsbury, his home being a log cabin. He afterwards removed to the Wells farm, situ¬ ated about four and a half miles from LaPorte, and afterward lived upon the Walker farm, which was still farther north. His next place of resi¬ dence was the Jessup's farm, but his death oc¬ curred upon the Walker farm about 1863. His wfife, who bore the maiden name of Theodosia Allen, was a native of Pennsylvania, and was there reared and educated. Her death occurred in 1864. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCormick were born nine children, eight of whom reached years of maturity.

Harmon McCormick, who is the fourth mem¬ ber of the family, was about five years of age at the time of the removal to LaPorte county, and here he was reared, obtaining his education in the common schools. He continued to live with his parents until' his father's death, after which lie went to live with his uncle, S. S. McCormick, with whom he continued until he had attained his majority. He then started out in life for him¬ self. going to Chicago, where he worked at any employment which he could secure. For a time he was employed in the livery stable of Clark & Company, then situated on Dearborn street near the present site of the magnificent postoflice build¬ ing in that city. After six months spent there he went to Lafayette, Indiana, and was employed for a year on a farm near that place. He then rented a farm in that locality, and had just sowed his wheat crop when, in 1863, his patriotic spirit being aroused, he offered his services to the gov¬ ernment in defense of the Union and enlisted in the Sixteenth Indiana Battery as a private. Thus he served until the close of the war, covering about two years. He was promoted to the rank of corporal, and in all places and under all circum¬ stances was loyal to the government and the old flag.

After receiving an honorable discharge Mr. McCormick returned to Lafayette, Indiana, where he was employed for three years upon a farm owned by his cousin. He afterward spent six and a half years in the employ of a Mr. Fowler in Lafayette, Indiana, and for one year was in the services of Charles Parker.

In 1874, Mr. McCormick was united in mar¬ riage to Miss Libby Hewson, a sister of Charles Hewson. She was born in England, May 13, 1843, and was about two years of age when brought by her parents to America. Her girlhood days were therefore spent in Union township, and she pursued her education in the schools near her home and in the city of LaPorte. At the time of their marriage the young couple began their domestic life upon a farm where they still reside, and as the years have passed prosperity has at¬ tended their efforts. Mr. McCormick now oper¬ ates two farms, comprising four hundred and twenty-five acres of good land. He devotes his attention to the raising of cereals best adapted to soil and climate, and he also engages in stockraising. In all of his work he is practical and progressive, and his labors have brought him a fair degree of prosperity.

To Mr. and Mrs. McCormick have been bom three children, who are yet living: Anna, at home; Nora, the wife of Allen Kellogg, of La¬ Porte; and Grace, who is attending Kingsbury high school. The parents hold membership in the Baptist church of Kingsbury, of which Mr. McCormick is serving as a trustee. In politics he is a stanch Republican, keeping well informed on the questions and issues of the day and giving his support to the measures which he thinks con¬ tain the best elements of good government. The history of LaPorte county and its development is familiar to him, for fifty-seven years have come and gone since he took up his abode here. Thus from the period of early improvement he has watched the growth and as the years have passed has seen wonderful transformation, the wild land haying been reclaimed for the purpose of civil¬ ization, while towns and villages have sprung up and all the comforts and the evidences of the civi¬ lization of the older east have been introduced.

JUDSON ALEXANDER, who is a dealer in coal and ice in Michigan City, was born in San¬ dusky, Ohio, on the 16th of March, 1856, and is one of the eight children whose parents were William and Susan S. (Moore) Alexander. The paternal grandfather was a native of the Emerald Isle, and when he bade adieu to friends and na¬ tive country and sailed for the new world, he took up his abode on the Atlantic coast, but later in life removed to Ohio, settling in the town of Clyde, near Sandusky, where he died at an old age. To him and his wife Ann were born a num¬ ber of children.

William L. Alexander, the father of Judson Alexander, was bom in Vermont. He is now a farmer residing near Bowling Green, Ohio. He wedded Susan S. Moore, a native of the Buck¬ eye state and a daughter of John Moore, who was born in Germany and on coming to America set¬ tled in Wood county, Ohio, establishing his home in the midst of the green forests at a very early day in the history of that portion of the state. He always carried on agricultural pursuits, and he lived to be about eighty years of age. He was married three times and had nine children. These included Mrs. Susan S. Alexander, who died in 1888 at the age of sixty-two years. Both of the parents of Judson Alexander were members of the United Brethren church, and the father is an old-school Democrat. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters: Catherine, the widow of Reason Jewell, who is living near Bowl¬ ing Green, Ohio ; Albert, of Rudolph, Ohio ; Jud¬ son, of Michigan City, Indiana; Edwin; Ida May, the wife of Edward Everett, of Maumee, Ohio; William, of Michigan City; Fred, of Grand Rapids, Michigan ; and Chester, of North Baltimore, Ohio.

Judson Alexander was reared to manhood on a farm near Sandusky, Ohio, and in his youth became familiar with the work of field and mea¬ dow, to which he gave his time and attention when not engaged with the duties of the school¬ room. His education was pursued in the district schools, and in 1881 he removed to Frankfort Station in Illinois, where he engaged in the pro¬ duce business until 1884. That year witnessed his arrival in Michigan City, Indiana, and for six years he was employed as a fireman on the

Michigan Central Railroad. He then followed draying for three years, at the end of which time he began dealing in ice, and later he added coal to his business. He now handles both commodi¬ ties and has secured a very gratifying patronage.

On the 18th of September, 1893, Mr. Alex¬ ander was united in marriage to Mrs. Ella Phil¬ lips, a daughter of Hamilton Dalson. For his second wife Mr. Alexander chose Miss Alice Riley, a daughter of Miles and Bridget (Burns) Riley. This marriage occurred on the 17th of March, 1903. Mrs. Alexander is a member of the Catholic church. Her parents were natives of county Wexford, Ireland, and ere their mar¬ riage they came to the United States. They became acquainted in Niles, Michigan, and there the wedding was celebrated. They had six chil¬ dren, two sons and four daughters, of whom five are now living: Catharine, the wife of William McLaughlin; Mary, the wife of Peter Frederick; Alice, the wife of Mr. Alexander ; Thomas ; and Anna, the wife of John B. Blakesley. Miles Riley was a boilermaker, and after coming to America spent the greater part of his life in Michigan City, where he died September 19, 1881, at the age of fifty-nine years, while his wife passed away Au¬ gust 27, 1881, aged fifty-six years. Both were de¬ voted members of the Catholic church.

Mr. Alexander belongs to the Tribe of Ben Hur. He gives an earnest political support to the Republican party. He is now a substantial citizen of LaPorte county, and he deserves the credit which is ever due to the men who have made their own way in the world unaided. Start¬ ing out in life for himself when a young man, he had no capital to aid him, and, dependent upon his own resources, he has overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path by perseverance and resolute will, and in the business world has gained a creditable position through honorable methods that now make him a useful and valued representative of trade interests in Michigan City.

WILLIAM E. BRINCKMANN is one of the native sons of Michigan City and a repre¬ sentative of one of its old and prominent German- American families. His birth occurred on the 1 2th of December, 1863, and he is a son of William and Louise (Warkentin) Brinckmann, the former a native of the province of Gelso and the latter Neiendorf, Mecklenberg, Germany. His maternal grandfather was also born in the fatherland, and about 1865 came to America, locating in Michigan City, 'Indiana, where he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring when well advanced in years. He was a school teacher by profession for forty-two. years, and was a soldier in two of the German wars, and reared a large family of children. Christopher Bririckmann, the paternal grandfather of William E., died in Germany in middle life, after becoming the father of three children, two sons and a daughter.

William Brinckmann, one of the three chil¬ dren, became a brick-mason, stone-cutter and a contractor, and in 1855 he left his German home for America, taking up his abode in Michigan City, where he followed his trade for a number of years. In 1875 opened a meat market in this city, remaining its proprietor up to the time of his death, which occurred on December 25, 1893, when he was sixty-six years of age. His wife still survives him, having reached the seventieth milestone on the journey of life, and is a worthy member of the Lutheran church, as was also her husband. He was also a member of the Inde¬ pendent Order of Odd Felows, was one of the nine charter members of the St. John's Aid Society, and was a member of the Arbeiter Verein, a German workingmen's society. To Mr. and Mrs. Brinckmann were bom six chil¬ dren, three sons and three daughters, namely: Robert ; Herman ; William E. ; Alezea ; Martha, the wife of J. J. Haller; and Louise, the wife of John Ebert.

William E. Brinckmann has spent his entire life in Michigan City, and in his youth attended the German Lutheran and public schools, after which he began work in his father's market. After the latter's death and in company with his brothers, Robert and Herman, he became the suc¬ cessor to the business, and they have since carried on operations with marked success. His business interests, however, have not been confined to one line of endeavor, for he is a man of resourceful ability, and has been an active factor in the successful control of some of Michigan City's leading en¬ terprises. He is a stockholder in the Citizens' Bank, and also in the Michigan City Trust & Savings Company, the Indiana Transportation Company, Michigan City & Chicago Line Steam¬ er, "Indianapolis." In matters of national im¬ portance he gives his political support to the Democratic party, but in local politics is indepen¬ dent. He is a member of Washington Lodge No. 94, Knights of Pythias ; of the Royal Arcanum ; is a charter member of the Elks society ; and is also a charter member of the Maccabees.

was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Wittmann, a daughter of Joseph and Sophia (Sass) Wittman, and they have one son, Bernard. Jo¬ seph Wittmann, the only child of Johannes and Josepha Wittmann, who lived and died in Ger¬ many, was a native of Stuttgart province, village of Dridlinger, Germany, His wife, Sophia Sass, was born in Althoff, Mecklenburg, Germany, and was a daughter of Frederick and Mary Sass, the former of whom served as overseer of the village of Althoff, and his death occurred in the fatherland. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wittmann came to America about 1850, taking up their abode in Michigan City; the mother still resides at 1301 Manhattan street, and here the father died De¬ cember 21, 1903. They became the parents of five children, one son and four daughters, three of whom are now living, namely : Lena, the wife of Phelix Retseck ; Josephine, the wife of Robert Retseck ; Elizabeth, the wife of William E. Brinckmann; and the two deceased are Dora, who was the wife of Anton Retseck ; and Stephen Wittmann. Mr. Brinckmann is a Lutheran in his religious faith, while his wife is a member of the Catholic church, and the family home is located at 818 Washington street, which was erected by Mr. Brinckmann's father.

GEORGE W. TRAVIS. A well improved farm located on section 32, Union township, is the property of George W. Travis, and in all his farm work he has been practical, energetic and capable, and thus has become one of the substan¬ tial representatives of agricultural interests in his community, He was born in Pleasant township, LaPorte county, September 4, 1850, and is the youngest son of Joshua and Angeline (Will¬ iams) Travis, of whom mention is made on an¬ other page of this volume, in connection with the sketch of John A. Travis.

Under the parental roof the boyhood days of George W. Travis were passed. He lived with his parents in Union and Pleasant townships, remaining at home until about eighteen years of age, when he went to LaPorte and entered the city schools, spending about two and a half years in completing his education there. He assisted his father also in the livery business in that city, and gained a good practical business training.

Mr. Travis has been twice married. In Janu¬ ary, 1883, he was joined in wedlock to Miss Su¬ san Dipert, a daughter of Washington Dipert, who was born in Owen county, Indiana. She died leaving three children: Wirt A., Blanche A. and Guy W. For his second wife Mr. Travis chose Miss Florian Knowles, a daughter of Rob¬ ert and Emaline (Rector) Knowles. Mrs. Travis was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, near Circleville, on the 13th of July, 1858, and is the fourth in a family of nine children, five daughters and four sons. She was reared in the place of her nativity until fifteen years of age, when she ac¬ companied her parents on their removal to Kan¬ sas, whence they afterward returned to Porter county, Indiana. In her early womanhood she gave her hand in marriage to Paul Freed, and there was- one son by this union, Robert K. Freed. On the 14th of February, 1901, she became the wife of George W. Travis, and they now occupy a pleasant home upon a farm which Mr. Travis has occupied since his first marriage with the ex¬ ception of a few years spent in the city of La- Porte and other places.

He is now the owner of one hundred and seventy-six acres of rich land, on which he has engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He has good grades of cattle, horses and hogs upon his place, and his fields are well tilled and bring forth good harvests. Everything about his farm is neat and thrifty in appearance, and indi¬ cates his careful supervision. Mr. Travis has been a life-long Republican, and while he gives firm support to the principles of the party he has never been a politician in the sense of office-seek¬ ing. In the county of his nativity he has a wide acquaintance and many warm friends.

Mrs. Travis is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at LaPorte, Indiana, and is a member of the Ladies of the Maccabees, Hive No. 1. She was educated in the common schools of Ohio, and at Fort Scott College, at Fort Scott, Kansas. She was a successful teacher in Kan¬ sas.

GEORGE DAWSON. In taking up the per¬ sonal history of George Dawson we present to readers the life record of one of the native sons of LaPorte county. He is now known as a prominent farmer here and owns and operates a rich tract on section 30, Wills township. It was in this township that he was born, his natal day "being February 5, 1857. His father, Obediah Dawson, was also a native of Indiana, born in Wayne county, May 18, 1820, and came to La¬ Porte county about 1833, and died December 14, 1880. That was in pioneer times, and he lived with his parents, Mathias and Elsa Dawson, who settled in Wills township. The father entered the land from the government. He secured in that way the farm upon which George Dawson now resides. The family endured many hard¬ ships and trials incident to pioneer life, and their first home was a little log cabin. For miles one could ride across the prairie without coming to any indication of settlement by white men. Un¬ der the parental roof Obediah Dawson remained up to the time of his marriage, and even after¬ ward he lived upon the old homestead for a short period, but later settled on a farm of his own. As the years advanced he became a lead¬ ing agriculturist and one of the extensive landowners of the county, having altogether about twelve hundred acres of land at the time of his death, which occurred when he was in the sixtyfirst year of his age. In politics he was always an advocate and supporter of the Democracy. His wife bore the maiden name of Polly Warren and she, too, was a native of Indiana, bom in Wayne county, September 21, 1825, and died October 22, 1898. By her marriage she became the mother of ten children.

George Dawson is the eldest son but the fourth child of this family, and he was reared in Wills township and his educational privileges were those afforded by the public schools. He started out in life for himself at the age of nine¬ teen years, with the consent of his father, who gave him his time. He was married. February 10, 1876, to Miss Mary I. Tuley, who was born in Clinton township, LaPorte county, February 20, 1851, a daughter of Simeon and Marie (Leming) Tuley, who were pioneer residents of north¬ western Indiana. Mrs. Dawson was reared and educated in her native township. To this mar¬ riage has been born a son, Gerald, who wedded Eva A. Hostetler, a daughter of Joseph and Polly Hostetler, and to them has been born one child, Archie W.

Simeon R. Tuley was born in Kentucky, Oc¬ tober 16, 1815 ; came to this county with his par¬ ents in 1834; was married in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1838, to Miss Marie Leming. He stayed there until 1841, when he came with his wife to LaPorte county, Clinton township, where he re¬ mained until his death, which occurred Novem¬ ber 1, 1864. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church ; politically a Republican. Mrs. Marie (Leming) Tuley, one of the oldest resi¬ dents of Clinton township, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. Slocum, December 9, 1897, aged seventy-five years, eight months and four¬ teen days. She was bom in Clermont county, Ohio, March 25, 1822, and came to LaPorte county in 1841, where she afterward resided. In 1838 she was married to Simeon R. Tuley, to which union eleven children were born, two dy¬ ing in infancy and one in early manhood. Of the eight surviving children, all were present ex¬ cept one daughter, who resides in Kansas. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for a number of years, her Bible being her constant companion, having perused it a number of times from Genesis to Revelations. She was of a modest and retiring disposition, a faithful and devoted mother, who will be sadly missed from the family circle. The funeral services were held at the residence of E. Slocum, near Bigelow, and the remains laid to rest in the Union Chapel cemetery, Rev. Simmons of Union Mills officiat¬ ing. Six of her grandsons acted as pallbearers.

At the time of his marriage George Dawson located upon the farm which has continually been his home since. His occupation is that of farm¬ ing and stock-raising, planting the crops best adapted to the soil and climate and raising a good grade of cattle, horses and hogs. Within the boundaries of his farm are comprised two hundred acres of well improved land, and the place has a neat and thrifty appearance, indicat¬ ive of the careful supervision of the owner. In politics Mr. Dawson is a Democrat, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no at¬ traction for him as he has preferred to give his attention to his business affairs. Whatever per¬ tains to Jhe good of the county has received his endorsement, and he is recognized as a substan¬ tial and valued citizen.

AUGUST HILDEBRAND, who is filling the office of justice of the peace and is engaged in the occupation of farming on section 29, Union township, is a native of the fatherland, his birth having occurred in Prussia, Germany, on the 16th of October, 1853. He was reared and edu¬ cated there, pursuing his studies in the schools of his native country. He left home at the age of six¬ teen years and started out in life on his own ac¬ count, working by the month as a farm hand. He was thus employed for two years, at the end of which time he became a soldier in the German cavalry and devoted the succeeding six years of his life to military service. He held an office equivalent to that of sergeant in the United States army. On the expiration of his military career he engaged in brick making, which pur¬ suit he had previously followed to a limited ex¬ tent and to which he also devoted his emergies until 1882. He then sought a home in the new world, believing that he might have better busi¬ ness advantages in the land of the free. He made his way direct to LaPorte, Indiana, and for about two years thereafter was employed as a farm hand. He then spent six years in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and while thus engaged saved enough money to buy his farm of eighty acres. He then located on section 29, Union township, where he has since followed general farming. He has here a well improved tract of land, on which are good buildings well tilled fields and some good stock.

In the year of his emigration to the new world Mr. Hildebrand was united in marriage to Miss Mary Tank, and they have one son Charlie, who is at home. Mr. Hildebrand is a Democrat in his political views, and in 1902 was elected justice of the peace, which position he is now fill¬ ing, his decisions being strictly fair and im¬ partial, so that he receives the approval and com¬ mendation of the public. He now holds mem¬ bership in the Lutheran church, and is serving as its secretary. Mr. Hildebrand has had no occasion to regret his determination to come to America, for in this country he has found the business opportunities he sought, working his way upward to success and gaining the regard of his fellow men by reason of his close fidelity to upright principles.

JOHN A. TRAVIS. The Travis family is one well known in LaPorte county, and its mem¬ bers have been active and helpful factors in the upbuilding and substantial improvement of the county, especially along agricultural lines. Mr. John A. Travis* is engaged in general farming, his home being on section 32, Union township. He was born in Pleasant township, LaPorte county, on the 26th of January, 1842.

His father, Joshua Travis, was born in Scho¬ harie county, New York, on the 12th of Decem¬ ber, 1808, and was there reared, after which he came to LaPorte county as a young man, arriv¬ ing in the year 1833. The county of that period bears little resemblance to the improved district of to-day, for much of the land was still in pos¬ session of the government and wild animals were frequently seen, while the red men still visited the neighborhood. Mr. Joshua Travis took up his abode in Pleasant township, where he entered a claim of one hundred and sixty acres of gov¬ ernment land. With characteristic energy he be¬ gan its cultivation, and in course of time made it a productive tract. He afterward removed to Union township, securing one hundred and sixty acres of land and as the years passed he added to his possessions until he had four hundred and forty .acres, all in Union township. His death occurred in Union township, when he was in the the seventy-seventh year of his age. He was a Whig in his political affiliations in early days, and upon the dissolution of that party he joined the ranks of the new Republican party. As one of the pioneer settlers of LaPorte county he was well known, and took an active pride in the up¬ building of this portion of the state. His wife was a native of Geauga county, Ohio. She was born February 12, 1821, and bore the maiden name of Angeline Williams. Their marriage was celebrated in February, 1840, and for many years they traveled life's journey happily to¬ gether. Mrs. Travis passed away in her seventysixth year. She was a daughter of John Williams, who on coming to LaPorte county located in Pleasant township, where he died when about sixty years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Travis were born two sons, and George, the younger, is now residing in Union township, in the old home.

John A. Travis was reared in Union and Pleasant townships, and the work of the hqme farm early became familiar to him, as he assisted his father in the plowing, planting and harvest¬ ing, taking his place in the fields in early spring¬ time and continuing to labor there until after crops were harvested in the late autumn. In the winter months he attended school and thus acquired his education. After his marriage he at once located upon the farm which has since been his home. It is a part of the old family homestead, and here he has engaged in the culti¬ vation of the soil in order to raise good crops. He owns two hundred and sixty-one acres of land which is well improved, substantial build¬ ings have been erected and all modern accessories added.

Mr. Travis has been twice married. On the 2d of October, 1866, he wedded Miss Mary C. Way, a daughter of Seth and Susan (Ladd) Way, who was born in Pleasant township, La¬ Porte county, and was the fourth in a family of eight children. She died November 28, 1889, leaving three children as well as her husband to mourn her loss, and one other child died in in¬ fancy. Those who still survive are Cora, Wilbur and Arthur. For his second wife Mr. Travis chose Sarah M. Fales, the widow of William Geer. She was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, No¬ vember 8, 1847, and was a daughter of P. H. and Mary A. (Gehr) Fales. By her first marriage Mrs. Travis had three children: Clara E. and Clarence E., twins, and Mary A.

Mr. Travis has never faltered in his allegi¬ ance to the Republican party, but since attaining his majority has given to it an inflexible support, believing firmly in its measures and thinking that its platform contains the best elements of good government. While there have been no exciting chapters in his life history, he has been always loyal to the public welfare, and has been a help¬ ful factor in many measures for the general good. In his business career he has never been known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellow men, but has won that prosperity along legiti¬ mate lines of trade.

HIRAM WINEHOLT, a prominent fanner living on section 34, Union township, was bom in Berks county, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1835. His father, Samuel Wineholt, was a native of that county and state, and was there reared and mar¬ ried. He devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits, and with his family came to LaPorte county in 1851, arriving here in the latter part of March, of that year. The family home was established near the city of LaPorte, and later the father went on horseback to Illinois to view the country. However, he seemed more pleased with Indiana, and, returning to LaPorte county, he settled in Union township in 1852. Purchas¬ ing a farm, he was engaged in agricultural pur¬ suits until his death, being killed on a crossing of the Grand Trunk Railroad. He was seventytwo years of age. He belonged to the Presby¬ terian church and was an earnest, consistent Christian gentleman. In early manhood he had wedde*d Ella Litz, a native of Berks county, Penn¬ sylvania, and who lived to be more than sixty years of age. By her marriage she became the mother of three sons and six daughters, and all reached adult age with the exception of one, who died in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania.

Hiram Wineholt, the eldest of the family, was but fifteen years of age when he came to LaPorte county, and he remained at home until his marriage. In i860 he was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary A. Demyer and to them one son was born, Orlando R., who was drowned at Hedwick, Illinois. After losing his first wife Mr. Wineholt was again married, his second union being with Miss M. J. Shaw, by whom he has two children: Harry H.; who married Emma Bunton and has a son, Paul ; and Daniel H., who is at home and assists his father in the operation of the farm.

proved, and he carries on general farming and stock-raising. He is one of the men that has assisted in making LaPorte county what it is to¬ day, being particularly helpful along agricultural lines and at the same time giving earnest sup¬ port to many measures for the public good. In politics he is somewhat independent, voting for men and measures rather than for party.

WILLIAM F. PEFFLEY, M. D. In the practice of medicine in Tracy Dr. William F. Peffley has demonstrated the fact that he is well informed concerning the principles of the medi¬ cal science and their correct application to the needs of suffering humanity, and has therefore been accorded a liberal patronage. He was born near Dora, in Wabash county, Indiana, about eight miles east of the city of Wabash, on the 18th of May, 1858. His father, John H. Peffley, was a native of Ohio, and in 1848 took up his abode in Wabash county, Indiana, where he followed the occupation of farming for a number of years. At the present time, however, he resides in Cali¬ fornia. In her maidenhood his wife bore the name of Ellen Pickering, and she too was* a na¬ tive of Ohio. Her death occurred on the 17th of March, 1902.

Dr. Peffley is the eldest of the family of three children, and was reared in Wabash county, Indi¬ ana, upon the home farm, beginning his educa¬ tion in the village schools near by. His pre¬ liminary course, however, was supplemented by study in Purdue University at Lafayette, Indiana. He afterward engaged in teaching school, and spent about six years in that profession. -While thus engaged he took up the study of medicine in the office of Dr. James H. Ford, now chief sur¬ geon of the Big Four Railroad system. He de¬ voted his leisure hours to reading text books upon the subject, and having determined to make its practice his life work, matriculated in Rush Medi¬ cal College of Chicago, leaving the college in 1882. He then located in his native county, where he remained for about two years, at the end of which time he removed to Fulton county, Indiana, where he spent five years as a medical practitioner. He then opened an office in Indi¬ anapolis, where he continued to reside until 1900, at which time he went to South Bend. A year later he located in Tracy, where he has since re¬ mained. and already has secured a good patron¬ age, which is an indication of the public con¬ fidence reposed in him.

county, Indiana, and a daughter of Hugh Mc¬ Nown, a prominent furniture manufacturer of Lagro, Indiana. In that place Mrs. Peffley was reared and educated. By her marriage she has become the mother of a son, Hugh, and a daugh¬ ter, Fern, but the latter .died at the age of three and a half years. Hugh is at present engaged in the profession of teaching, being principal of the LaCrosse high school. Dr. Peffley and his wife have many warm friends in this locality, and enjoy the hospitality of the best homes. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Red Men, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Odd Fellows, and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of these organizations, which inculcate in man all that is best and highest in life.

H. H. LONG, M. D. In the medical profes¬ sion advancement is not easily secured. It comes through true merit and can not be obtained by gift or by purchase. One must be well qualified in the profession, for in no other calling is pre¬ tense so easily discovered as among those who en¬ gage in the alleviation of human suffering. That Dr. Long has a large patronage is indicative of his skill and ability.

Dr. Long was born on the nth of January, 1862, in Allen county, Indiana. His father, Will¬ iam Long, was a native of Pennsylvania and was a farmer by occupation. He died at the age of eighty-eight years in Noble county, Indiana, after a long and useful career. His father, Jacob Long, was a native of New York, and he, too, followed the occupation of farming. At an early day in the development of Ohio he removed to that state, and located in Ashland county, where he improved a new farm. He was of Dutch lineage. The mother of Dr. Long bore the maiden name of Susan Muldoon, and was a native of Ireland, but when a little maiden of six years she left the Emerald Isle and with her parents came to the new world, living for a time in New York and af¬ terward in Michigan, while later she came to In¬ diana and established her home in Fort Wayne. She is still living at the ripe old age of seventyfive years, and is now a resident of Ligonier. By her marriage she became the mother of seven children, all of whom are living and have mar¬ ried and have families of their own. One of the grandchildren has passed away, and with this ex¬ ception and that of the father of Dr. Long, all of the family still survive.

Dr. Long was the fifth in order of birth in his mother's family of seven children, and was a lad of six years at the time of his parents4 removal to Elkhart county, Indiana, where he pursued his education in the public schools of Millersburg and later attended the Goshen Normal school. Subsequently he began teaching in his home dis¬ trict, and later spent two years as a teacher in the graded school at Wakarusa. In the mean¬ time he took up the study of medicine, reading during his leisure hours, and when two years had been spent at Wakarusa he went to New Car¬ lisle, where he engaged in teaching for a year. He then turned his attention to the drug business which he conducted for a year and a half at Gar¬ rett, enjoying a successful trade. In this way he accumulated the sum necessary to defray college expenses, and for two years was a student in Rush Medical College of Chicago. Later he fol¬ lowed teaching and farming, his time being thus occupied for three years, during which he was a resident of New Carlisle, Indiana. He then be¬ came business manager for the Baldwin racing stable, and visited all the large race courses in America during two seasons. This was for the purpose of securing the funds necessary to con¬ tinue his medical education, and once more he entered Rush Medical College, where he completed the prescribed course, being graduated in the class of 1893. During the periods of vacation he was engaged in dispensary and hospital work, and thus added practical experience to his theo¬ retical knowledge, becoming much more profi¬ cient in his chosen vocation.

Dr. Long at once located in Kingsbury, and has remained here through the succeeding years, enjoying a large patronage, for time has proved his efficiency, and the public gives him its confi¬ dence. He is a member of the LaPorte County Medical Society and the American Medical As¬ sociation, and thus he keeps in touch with the ad-, vanced thought of the profession. His practice is very extensive, covering a large territory, and his brethren of the medical fraternity acknowl¬ edge his worth.

Chi the 20th of November, 1886, Dr. Long was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Fawcette, of New Carlisle, Indiana, a daughter of Thomas and Evaline (Baldwin) Fawcette. They have become the parents of three children : Victor F., born in March, 1890; Ethel, born September 25, 1897; and Harold, born January 31, 1901.

The Doctor is a Democrat in his political affil¬ iations, prominent in the party and a trusted leader in its ranks. He has served as county coroner for two terms, and is now trustee of the township. Local advancement and national prog¬ ress are both causes dear to his heart, and his in¬ fluence is ever given on the side of improvement and of good citizenship. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his genial disposition has made him a favor¬ ite with his brethren of tfiese fraternities.

NOAH TRAVIS, one of the old settlers of LaPorte county now residing in Kingsbury, was born on Stillwell Prairie, in Pleasant township, on the 20th of March, 1841. Sixty-two years have since come and gone, during which time he has been a witness of the great transformation which has been wrought as the work of improve¬ ment has been carried forward. His father, Curtis Travis, was a native of New York and came Jo LaPorte county in pioneer times, making the journey on foot across the country. He lo¬ cated in Pleasant township, where his remaining days were passed, and he bore an active part in promoting civilization here and in upbuilding the county along lines of material advancement. He was a son of John Travis, who it is supposed was a native of New York. The mother of Noah Travis bore the maiden name of Mary A. Miller, and was born in Pennsylvania, but was reared in LaPorte county. Curtis Travis passed away at the age of sixtv-five years, and his wife, sur¬ viving him for some time, died when about eighty-one years of age. They were the parents of eight children, three sons and five daughters, all of whom reached years of maturity.

Noah Travis is the third child and the eldest son of this family. He was reared in his native township upon the home farm where his birth occurred, and he remained under the parental roof until twenty-seven years of age, assisting in the work of the fields from the time of early spring planting until crops were gathered in the late autumn. He was married February 19, 1868, to Miss Mary H. Hagaman, who was bom in Virginia November 14, 1847, a daughter of Marenes Hagaman, who was also a native of the Old Dominion. Mr. Travis located upon a farm of his own in Union township near the village of Tracy, where he engaged in farming and also in the operation of a sawmill for many years. He then purchased the old homestead in Pleasant township and located upon it about 1883. There he remained until his removal to the city of La¬ Porte, where he resided for five years, when he returned to his farm. Later, however, he took up his abode in Kingsbury, where he bought the home which he now occupies. He still owns some valuable farming property, including one tract of two hundred acres and another tract of one hundred and sixty-five and a half acres. All of this is well improved, and in addition to his fields he owns good residence property in Kings¬ bury. All that he possesses has been acquired through his own efforts, and his realty holdings are now extensive and valuable.

To Mr. and Mrs. Travis have been born five sons and two daughters, but two of the sons are now deceased, Jay and Ernest. Harry, the eldest, is a farmer living in Union township ; Clay fol¬ lows farming near LaPorte; Nettie is at home, having finished the twelfth grade in school ; Earl is engaged in farming on the old homestead ; and Ethel is yet with her parents, being in the eighth grade.

Having spent his entire life in LaPorte coun¬ ty, Mr. Travis is one of the oldest citizens and is thoroughly informed concerning its history and what it has accomplished. He has been deeply interested 'in its advancement, and has given hearty co-operation to many movements for the general good. He votes with the Republican party and has been one of its stanch advocates since he cast his first ballot for Abraham Lincoln. He belongs to the Methodist Protestant church, and his life has been characterized by honorable principles and by unfaltering fidelity to his pro¬ fessions.

ALBERT C. FREESE is a popular official of LaPorte, his popularity being based upon his efficiency and personal worth. He is now serv¬ ing as city treasurer, and up to the time when he became the incumbent in this position he was identified with mercantile interests here. A na¬ tive son of LaPorte county, he was born in Scipio township, February 29, i860. His father was a native of Germany, and when a young mar. crossed the Atlantic to the new world, making his way direct to LaPorte county, where he ar¬ rived in 1855. Later he was married to Miss Minnie Rhode, who was also born in Germany. He now resides on a farm in Pleasant township, being one of the energetic, persevering agricul¬ turists of the community. He is now serving as road supervisor of his township, and is a well known and highly respected citizen. His wife died in 1899.

Albert C. Freese was reared on the farm, and early became familiar with the work of field and meadow, to which he devoted his energies when not engaged with the duties of the school¬ room. He acquired a good education and re¬ mained on the farm until 1881, when he came to LaPorte, and for four years was engaged in the agricultural implement business. He was then a clothing salesman for about ten years in the employ of D. C. McCollum, after which he be¬ came a grocery merchant, forming a partnership with F. B. Heusi, under the firm name of Freese & Heusi. Theirs became one of the leading and popular grocery houses of the city, and their trade reached very profitable proportions. In the early part of 1903, however, Mr. Freese discon¬ tinued his mercantile relations, selling out to his partner in order to accept the position of city treasurer of LaPorte, February 5, 1903. He was chosen to this position by special election, and is proving a worthy incumbent in the office, the duties of which are now quite important and onerous, as the expenditures for public improve¬ ments are constantly increasing with the city's growth. His political allegiance is given to the Democratic party.

In LaPorte Mr. Freese was united in mar¬ riage to Miss Louisa Dust. They belong to the German Lutheran church, and have a very attrac¬ tive home with beautiful surroundings at 1212 Jackson street.

JACOB LYBROOK, who is filling the posi¬ tion of postmaster in Kingsbury, and is one of the worthy citizens of the county, was born in Union county, Indiana, May 27, 1822. Few residents of the state have for more than eighty years looked forth upon the progress and development of the commonwealth, but the mind of Mr. Lybrook bears the impress of the historic annals of Indiana, and his memory forms a connecting link between the pioneer past and the progressive present with all its evidences of an advanced civi¬ lization.

John Lybrook, his father, was a native of Vir¬ ginia, and in 1807 came to Indiana, locating in Union county, where he followed the occupation of farming. He was a son of Philip Lybrook, who is supposed to have come to America from Germany when a young boy, and he died at the age of eighty-four years. John Lybrook continued to make his home in Union county, Indiana, until sixty years of age, when he depart¬ ed this life. His wife bore the maiden name of Frances Toney and was a native of Virginia, in which state her girlhood days were passed. She died when sixty years of age. By her marriage she had became the mother of twelve children, eight sons and four (laughters, all of whom reached mature years except one, although but

Mr. Lybrook is the seventh child of this fam¬ ily, and was reared in Union county, Indiana, where he remained until nineteen years of age, his youth being spent on the home farm. He at¬ tended the primitive schools of that day and had a high school course in Rush county, Indiana. When a young man of nineteen he went to Michi¬ gan and took charge of a sawmill owned by his father. For four years he engaged in the manu¬ facture of lumber in that state, and then returned to Union county, Indiana, where he remained for about one year. On the expiration of that period he went to Henry county, Indiana, and was em¬ ployed as a clerk in a general store there for about seven years. On the expiration of that per¬ iod he engaged in the milling business, building a steam sawmill, and in this enterprise was asso¬ ciated with a party. After three years, however, he sold his interest and took up his abode in Starke county, Indiana, where he engaged in farming, having traded his milling property for a tract of land. His attention was then devoted to agricultural pursuits until 1864, when he re¬ sponded to the country's call for aid, enlisting in Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-first In¬ diana Volunteer Infantry, as a private. With that command he served until the close of the war.

When hostilities had ceased and peace was re¬ stored Kir. Lybrook returned to Starke county, Indiana, where his family had remained during his absence. He then resumed farming, which he carried on there until 1873, when he sold his property and came to LaPorte county, settling on Stillwell prairie, where he continued to en¬ gage in the tilling of the soil for about two years. At .the time he rented another farm, and in 1883 he purchased the property where he is now liv¬ ing in Kingsbury. He then accepted a position as mail messenger on the Wabash and Grand Trunk Railroad, acting in that capacity for five years. He .was appointed postmaster in Septem¬ ber, 1897, by President McKinley and is still filling the position.

In 1852 Mr. Lybrook was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Jane Jarrett, a native of Wayne county, Indiana, and a daughter of William and Malinda (Crawford) Jarrett, who were natives of Virginia. In their family were seven children, of whom Mrs. Lybrook is the eldest, and when she was a little girl her parents removed to Henry county, Indiana, where her girlhood days were passed. To Mr. and Mrs. Lybrook have been bom five children : Leonidas M., who is now residing in Kingsbury ; Frances, the wife of P. A. Banks, of Crown Point, Indiana; William, who makes his home in Charlotte, Michigan; Charlie, who is now in Alaska ; and Harry, who died in infancy. Mr. Lybrook holds membership with the Patton Post No. 147, Grand Army of the Republic, at LaPorte, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist church at Kingsbury. His entire life has been spent in Indiana, and he has a deep and strong attachment for the state of his nativity. His life has been quietly yet honorably passed, and because of his sterling worth of character he has gained the regard and friendship of many with whom he has been brought in contact.

CARL STOLTZ. Residing on a farm in section 24, Cass township, LaPorte county, and ranking with the leading agriculturists of the vicinity, is found the subject of this sketch, Carl Stoltz. He was born in Prussia, Germany, on the nth of June, 1831, and in the fatherland he was reared to mature years, there attending school until he had reached the age of fourteen. His boyhood days were spent on a farm, and for three years he served as a saddler in the German army. In the year of his marriage, 1857, he came with his bride to America, landing in this coun¬ try without means, a stranger in a strange land, and he was obliged to borrow the money with which to make the journey. After tak¬ ing up his abode in Cass township, La¬ Porte county, he worked for others for three years, after which he was able to purchase a small farm in this township, which he subsequently sold, and then became the owner of a portion of the place where he now resides. His first purchase consisted of forty acres, but as time rewarded his well directed efforts he ad¬ ded to this tract until he became the owner of four hundred and twenty acres, which he has since divided into two farms, each containing two hundred and ten acres, but much of his prop¬ erty has since been given to his children, and he is now living retired from active business cares.

In 1857, in Germany, Mr. Stoltz was united in marriage to Elizabeth Hundt, a native daugh¬ ter of the fatherland, and eight children have been born of this union, four sons and four daughters, as follows : Paulina, the wife of Gus Cosauka ; Edward, a resident of Nebraska ; Her¬ man E., who married Tillie Boldt, who was bom in Germany and was but three years of age when brought to this country; Gusta, the wife of W. H. Wendt, of Valparaiso, Indiana ; Gust C, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Cass town¬ ship; Amelia, the widow of William Jenkins; Lena, the wife of William Greger ; and William, who is a telegraph operator at South Wanatah. In his political affiliations Mr. Stoltz has been a life-long Republican, and for several years served as superintendent of roads: Both he and his wife are members of the Lutheran church in Cass township, and in his younger days Mr. Stoltz was very active in church work, having held office therein for a long period.

CHARLES H. MILLER. The business record and the official record of Charles H. Miller are alike commendable, for in both relations he has been true to the trust reposed in him and has shown himself worthy of public regard. He is now serving as county auditor and makes his home in LaPorte, but previous to his election to this office he resided in Michigan City, where almost his entire life has been passed. He is a native son of LaPorte county, and one whose record is a credit to the city and locality. His birth occurred in 1859, ^is parents being Charles H. and Friedericka (Luesch) Miller, both of whom were born in Germany, whence they came to America in the early fifties, locating in Michi¬ gan City. The father was a mechanic, and for a number of years was an employe in the Michi¬ gan City Car Works. He continued to make his home there until his death, which occurred in 1872. His widow still survives him and makes her home with her son Charles.

In the schools of Michigan City Charles H. Miller mastered the common branches of English, and thus prepared to meet the duties of life which come when text books are laid aside and one enters the business world. In early life he learned the cigar-maker's trade, and after work¬ ing for some years as a journeyman he estab¬ lished a cigar factory and store of his own in Michigan City, it soon becoming one of the popular industries of that place. He manufac¬ tured a product noted for excellence, and because of the high grade of cigars which he sold he soon won a liberal and gratifying patronage.

His fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability and his fitness for office, elected him to the position of city treasurer in the spring of 1898. He entered upon the duties of the office on the 1st of September following and was the incumbent for the regular term of four years. So well had he served the people as the guardian of the public exchequer that in the spring of 1902 he was again made the nom¬ inee of his party and was again elected, but he served only a brief part of his second term, for in November, 1902, he received the nomination of the Democratic party for county auditor and was elected by a good majority. He then entered upon the duties of that office, in which he has already established a reputation as a careful, thorough and efficient incumbent. His clerks and deputies are well chosen, being competent people, and the business of the office is carried forward in a systematic manner, promptness and efficiency being two of the marked characteristics of the place. Mr. Miller has always been a Democrat, stanch and active in support of the party and its principles, and doing all in his power to secure the adoption of its platform.

Socially he is also prominent. He is a valued member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight. Templar degree in the York Rite, and he also belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of EJks and the Royal Ar¬ canum. He is genial, cordial and affable in manner, free from ostentation or display, and his genuine worth and kindly disposition have gained him a host of warm friends throughout his native county. March 4, 1885, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Mary Snyder, of LaPorte county, Indiana.

JOHN EMERY, who is filling the position of a trustee in Hudson township and resides on section 28, where he carries on general farming, was born July 29, 1866, his birthplace being the farm on which he is now living. His paternal grandfather, Nathan Emery, was a resident of New Hampshire and was of Irish and New Eng¬ land ancestry! His son Moses, the father of John, was born in the old Granite state and was yet unmarried when he came to LaPorte county in 1845. Here he became acquainted with and wedded Miss Rebecca Haines, a native of Ohio. They first took up their abode in Berrien county, Michigan, and then in St. Joseph county. Michi¬ gan, but after a short time removed to the farm upon which Mr. Emery now resides. The fa¬ ther devoted his entire life to agricultural pur¬ suits and contributed in no small degree to the development of the county along this line. He was a trustee of his township for more than thir¬ teen years, and he took an active part in public affairs, supporting with zeal and energy all in¬ terests that he believed would contribute to pub- lie progress and substantial upbuilding. His po¬ litical allegiance was given to the Republican party and he did everything in his power to pro¬ mote its growth and insure its success, and still resides in Hudson township, having attained the the advanced age of eighty-four years. His wife lived to be about seventy-six years of age. They were the parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters, one of whom died in infancy, and one at the age of five years.

John Emery, who is the youngest child of the family, was reared upon the old homestead and is indebted to the public school system of the county for the early educational advantages he enjoyed. After attending the district schools, however, he continued his studies in the high school at New Carlisle, Indiana. Farm work has been familiar to him from an early age, for in his youth he assisted his father in the work of field and meadow. As he neared manhood he desired to establish a home of his own, and sought a companion and helpmate for life's journey. On the 30th of November, 1892, he was joined in wedlock to Miss Anna McLellan, a daughter of Andrew and Alice (Crawford) McLellan. She was born in Scipio township, LaPorte county, October 30, 1864, and is an estimable lady. One little son was born, Everett V., in the second grade. The young couple began their domestic life upon the old homestead farm, where he has since engaged in general farming and stock-rais¬ ing. He has upon his place good grades of cattle, and annually he harvests rich crops which are indicative of_ the care and labor which he be¬ stows upon the fields. His farm comprises one hundred and thirty-three acres, and everything about the place is neat and thrifty in appearance.

Mr. Emery takes an active part in affairs per¬ taining to the general welfare, and is a publicspirited and progressive citizen. In 1900 he was elected a trustee of his township, which position he still holds. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party, of which he is a stanch and earnest advocate. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen at New Carlisle. As he has always lived in this county his life history is known to many of the citizens, who recognize in his career much that is worthy of respect. Accordingly he is given the public regard and has gained the friendship and favor of a large circle of acquaintances.

Mr. and Mrs. John Emery have in their pos¬ session three of the old parchment deeds - one exe¬ cuted by President Andrew Jackson, and bearing the date of July 1, 1831, and the next two exe¬ cuted by President Martin VanBuren, bearing the following dates: March 15, 1837, and June 30. 1837. These make thirteen deeds of this kind found in old LaPorte county, and they are valu¬ able heirlooms in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Emery.

ALBERT H. LEIST, the present postmaster of Michigan City, has lived in this city all his life and bases his chief claim to honor on his good and efficient citizenship in whatever business he has engaged. He is one of three sons born to Henry and Mary (Voss) Leist, the other two being Charles and George, the latter now de¬ ceased. His parents were natives of Germany, and his father came to America when twelve years of age, living in New York for some years, after which he went to Chicago, where he also spent a number of years. He learned the car¬ penter's trade early in life and became a con¬ tractor and builder, and on his removal to Michi¬ gan City was connected with building operations up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1881. His political support was given the Repub¬ lican party, and he was a member of the Lutheran church, as is his good wife, who survives him and is now living in Michigan City.

Albert H. Leist was born in Michigan City, Indiana, November 14, 1865, and has made his home throughout life in the house in which he was born. He received his education in the pub¬ lic schools, and early learned the carpenter's trade and cabinet-making under the supervision of his father. He never devoted himself to his trade for any length of time, for he secured a clerkship in the dry-goods store of C. F. H. Carstens, and was thus employed for six years. He then became deputy postmaster during President Harrison's administration, and acted in that ca¬ pacity for four years, after which he was elected city clerk, and remained in this position for four years. Before his term as city clerk \vas up he was appointed postmaster by President Mc¬ Kinley, in 1898, and in 1902 was reappointed by President Roosevelt. As the present incumbent of Jhis office he is discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity, and he has systematized the work of the office and has given uniform satisfaction and become a popular official.

December 15, 1892, Mr. Leist was married to Miss Lena Gould, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of Homer Gould, who was born in Indiana, while her mother was bom in Kentucky, and Mrs. Leist is one of six children. Mr. Leist is a Knight Templar and a Scottish Rite Mason, and he also affiliates with Washington Lodge No. 93, Knights of Pythias, with Lodge No. 342, Benevo¬ lent and Protective Order of Elks, and with the Royal Arcanum, and in all these organiza¬ tions he has been true to their beneficent and fra¬ ternal teachings. He has always voted the Re¬ publican ticket, and has always been faithful in the performance of the duties imposed upon him by office. Among his stanchest friends are many who have known him from boyhood, and who esteem him for the honorable and straightforward career he has made in his native city.

DR. NELSON S. DARLING, for fortythree successive years engaged in the practice of medicine in LaPorte, is one of the oldest repre¬ sentatives of the profession in northern Indiana, and has not only maintained his position among the leaders of the medical fraternity but has taken part in much of the public and social life of LaPorte, so that he is accounted one of her honored citizens. Dr. Darling's ancestors on both sides were of the best New England stock, and among them for many generations have been men and women of culture and high standing in their respective callings. He is the sixth in order of descent from the original American emi¬ grant, who came from Wales and settled in Massachusetts.

Thomas Darling, the father of Dr. Darling, was bom in Mendon, Worcester county, Massa¬ chusetts, and was a farmer. In the early fifties he left New England and came to a farm near Pine Lake, Center township, LaPorte county, Indiana, adjoining the farm of his eldest son, Thomas West Darling, who had settled in this vicinity nearly twenty years before, being one of the first comers and aiding materially in the county's development. After the death of his wife in 1857, Thomas Darling lived for a time in LaPorte. Subsequently he went to live with a son in Decatur, Nebraska, where he remained till his death, November 15, 1870. His wife, Mrs. Theodosia (Russell) Darling, who was a native of Massachusetts, was a descendant of William Russell, who came from England about 1640 and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dr. Darling was born in Chesterfield, Massa¬ chusetts, in 1831, and resided there with his pa¬ rents and later at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He attended school for one year in Burlington, Ver¬ mont, and at the age of fifteen went to Ohio, where he took up his residence with an elder brother in Elyria. After a year in school there he became a student in the high school at Colum¬ bus, Ohio, where he was graduated. Later he entered Starling Medical College at Columbus, and with Professor R. L. Howard as his principal preceptor, graduated with the class of 1853. For the next seven years Dr. Darling was engaged in practice at London, the county seat of Madi¬ son county, Ohio, but in i860 he came to La¬ Porte, where he has been steadily pursuing his calling up to the present time. His power as a medical practitioner has increased each succeed¬ ing year, and there are no others in the city who more fully enjoy the confidence of the public. While his work has been profitable to himself, he has also been a benefactor to his fellows, in which consists, perhaps, the greatest reward for the conscientious physician.