St. Joseph County, Indiana - The City of South Bend, 1907 (part 6 of 11)

James A. Roper received his preparatory education in the public schools of Mishawaka, this being supplemented by an attendance at De Pauw University of three years. In 1861, when only fourteen years of age, he enlisted for service in the Civil war, becoming a member of Company F, Forty-eighth Indiana Regiment, which was recruited at Mishawaka and commanded by Colonel Norman E. Eddy. Mr. Roper enlisted as a private on the 19th of September, 1861, and was discharged on the 22d of July, 1865. After two years of service he was promoted to the position of corporal, and after Sherman's march was detailed as guard at General Clark's headquarters, while at the close of the march through the Carolinas he was given a sergeant's commission at Richmond, Virginia, and had full charge of General Clark's headquarters. He served in that capacity until mustered out of service, and participated in all the battles of the Army of the Tennessee. It was after returning from the army that Mr. Roper entered De Pauw, and after his three years of college life there he was employed as clerk in the post office and a dry goods store for two years for Colonel Newton Bingham. In 1872 he embarked in the lumber business in Cass county, Michigan, but after a period of six years returned to Mishawaka and formed a partnership with P. C. Perkins for the manufacture of furniture, theirs being the first factory on the north side of the river. In 1879 the St. Joseph Valley Furniture Company was organized, with Mr. Roper as presi- dent, and later they purchased the old Milburn Wagon Works and converted it into a furniture factory. In 1883 Mr. Roper sold his interest in that corporation to Frank Perkins, and for one year thereafter conducted a furniture factory in South Bend. On the expiration of that period, in 1884, he organized the Roper Furniture Company, his associates being J. W. and J. Q. C. Vandenbosch, and after the death of J. W. Vandenbosch he purchased their interest, and the Roper family are now sole owners of the business. In addition to his connection with this important industry Mr. Roper is also president of the First National Bank, a director of the First Trust and Savings Bank, president of the Public Utility Company, was formerly president of the City Electric Light Company and was one of the organizers of the Public Utilities Company. In an early day he also served as a member of the city council, while at the present time he is a member of the county council.

In 1868 Mr. Roper "was united in marriage to Miss Ella M. Dowling. a daughter of Edward and Margaret Dowling of St. Joseph county, and they have five sons, H. C, C. A., H. D., L. E. and J. G., all of whom are holding prominent positions in their father's business with the exception of L. E. Roper. Mr. Roper is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Houghton Post, of which he served as the first commander, holding that position for a number of years, and is also a member of the Methodist church, being now superintendent of its Sunday school.

James M. DeRhodes. Banking institutions constitute the heart of the financial body, indicating the healthfulness of trade. There are no other enterprises which so soon feel a depression in the market or a period of prosperity, and banks which follow a safe, conservative policy do more to establish a feeling of confidence in times of widespread financial panic than any other institutions in the world of trade. Mr. DeRhodes stands today at the head of one of the leading financial concerns of South Bend, being president of the Merchants' National Bank. With a thorough understanding of his business, he has labored for the success of the institution along lines that have awakened public confidence, and made the bank one of the safe, reliable monied concerns of this portion of the state.

a son of David and Mary A. (Miller) DeRhodes, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father, who was born in 1815, removed to Ohio during his boyhood days, where he was engaged in both farming and merchandising, and his death occurred in 1892, at the age of seventyseven years. He obtained his early education in the country schools of his native county, and, after completing his studies, his father gave him a third interest in the home farm, under which arrangement he met with a high degree of success, making a specialty of the raising of grain. His desire to embark more extensively in the grain trade induced him to remove to North Dakota, in 1882. his partner in the enterprise being his brother, K. C. DeRhodes, now the cashier of the Merchants' National Bank of South Bend. They were engaged in both grain farming and merchandising on a large scale, also conducting an elevator and a wood and coal business; but, although their interests were varied, extensive and very profitable and the brothers rapidly acquired wealth and a high position as citizens, they decided to return to Indiana where their children could enjoy- better educational advantages. In 1896 they therefore disposed of their interests in North Dakota, and located in Lafayette, successfully engaging in the wholesale grain trade in that city. -On the 21st of June, 1902, they settled in South Bend, erected the Merchants' Bank building on the- corner of Michigan and Wayne streets and organized the Merchants' National Bank, of which James INI. DeRhodes became president and his brother cashier.

In 1884 Mr. DeRhodes was married to Sarah E. Large, a daughter of Levi Large, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and they have three children - Guy L., Emma G. and Alice. The family are ass'^ciated with the aiethodist church, and Mr. l3eRhodes is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Although he has been identified with South Bend but a few years, he is highly regarded in all circles - social, religious and business. He is a mail of sterling worth and strong character, but affable and courteous in manner, and has a wide circle of friends, both social and business. He is a recognized authority in the financial world, and has thoroughly identified himself with the leading interests and enterprises of his adopted home. He is broadminded and liberal, and while not seeking notoriety has a just pride in the development

John J. Schindler. Since the days when Mishawaka was but a viHage the Schindler faniily have been influential in its development and gradually increasing prosperity, contributing to the establishment and maintenance of its institutions and upholding the law and the best interests of the public in general. The birth of ^Ir. Schindler occurred in Buffalo, New York, on the 11th of February. 1851. His father, Andrew Schindler, was born in Baden, Germany, on the 16th of June, 1823, and his education was received in its schools. In 1838 he crossed the waters to the United States, and from the time of his arrival until 1864 was a resident of Buffalo, New York. In that year he removed to Dunkirk, New York, and was there engaged in the hotel business until 1869, in which year the family home was established in Mishawaka. After coming to this city ^Ir. Schindler was engaged in both the grocery and hotel business, and he was very successful in both ventures, at the same time winning for himself a high place in the estimation of the people with whom he so long lived. His busy and useful life was ended on the 25th of August, 1872. He married Rosa Kuhn, a native of Switzerland, and thev became the parents of eight children, four of whom grew to years of maturity, namely: John J., Andrew J., William N. and Joseph J.

John J. Schindler, their oldest son, was a student in the St. Joseph Acadamy of Buffalo, New York, until his thirteenth year, when he came to Mishawaka and entered the employ of his uncles, the Kuhn Brothers, proprietors of the St. Joseph flouring mills, with whom he remained for nine years, during that time obtaining a thorough knowledge of the business in every department. On the death of his father he assumed the management of his business, which he successfully conducted until 1872, in that year opening a similar business of his own and conducting the same until 1887. In 1872 Mr. Schindler added fire insurance to his other occupation, while in the following year a steamship agency and foreign exchange was assumed. In 1876 he was made a notary public and conveyancer, while in 1888 he was elected township trustee, winning that election by only five votes, but so well did he discharge the duties entrusted to his care during his incumbency that in 1890, when his name was put forth for re- election he received a majority of four hundred and nineteen votes. He was admitted as an attorney in the department of interior bureau of pensions in 1880, and' many soldiers and their widows have reason to thank him for the services he rendered them while serving in that important office. From 1890 until 1894 Mr. Schindler served as secretary of the county board of education, and was also the organizer of township libraries in district schools. He is now extensively engaged in the fire insurance and steamship business, in which he has won an excellent success, at the present time representing thirty of the largest companies in the world. He also represents eight steamship companies and issues letters of credit and exchange to all parts of the globe. The splendid success which has come to Mr. Schindler is directly traceable to the salient points of his character. With a mind capable of planning, he has combined a will strong enough to execute his well formulated purposes, and his great energy, keen discrimination and perseverance have placed him among the men of affairs in St. Joseph county.

On the 20th of May, 1879, he was married to Miss Christena Fierstos, and they have three children : Aloysius J., born May 4, 1880; John W., born November 7, 1884; "and Clara M., born October 26, 1887. The family are members of the Catholic church, of which Mr. Schindler has been secretary and treasurer for the past twenty years and was also secretary of the building committee during the erection of the St. Joseph school. Mr. Schindler gives his political support to the Democratic party, and is a member of the Catholic Knights of America. He is a director of the First National Bank of Mishawaka, also vice-president of the First Trust and Savings Company, a director in the Mishawaka Trust and Savings Company, a director in the Beiger Realty Company, and is also a member of the city council and secretary of public utilities.

B. F. Dunn. In the history of the industrial interests of South Bend the name of B. F. Dunn cannot be omitted, for through many years he has been one of the leading business men of St. Joseph county, progressive, enterprising and persevering. Such qualities always win success, sooner or later, and to Mr. Dunn they have brought a handsome competence as the reward of his welldirected efforts.

A native son of the county of St. Joseph, and one of which it may well be proud, he was born on the 14th of June. 1833, a son of Reynolds and Phoebe Dunn, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Greene county, Ohio. During his boyhood days, however, the father went to Ohio, and shortly after his marriage he brought his bride to St. Joseph county, Indiana, where their honorable and upright lives won them the respect and confidence of their fellow citizens. In the public schools of South Bend their son received his early educational training, and for a number of years after laying aside his text books he served as a clerk for John Brownfield, the then leading merchant of the city. In 1860 he made the trip to Pike's Peak, Colorado, with a party in search for gold, but not being successful in the finding of the precious metal Mr. Dunn returned to South Bend in the following year. In 1864 he was engaged in the dry goods business as a member of the firm of Dunn & Zimmerman, while later his brother was admitted to a partnership, business being thereafter conducted under the firm name of Dunn Brothers. Subsequently, however, B. F. Dunn relinquished his interest in this enterprise and in company with ,his brother-in-law, Robert Myler, was thereafterward engaged in manufacturing pursuits until 1873, in which year he sold his interest. Since that time his time and attention have been given to the real estate business. In company with Mr. A. J. Home he platted and laid out the town of River Park, one of the beautiful subdivisions of the North Side and which they now own. Mr. Dunn has been a potent factor in the success which has attended various enterprises. He is the trustee and vice-president of the St. Joseph County Savings Bank, and for eleven years was a member of the board of education, having also been actively interested in the establishment of the public library.

Mr. Dunn was married in 1864 to Mary V. Hamilton, of Ohio, and three children have been born to them: ]\Irs. J. G. Shurtz, of Michigan ; Mrs. F. A. ]\Iiller. of South Bend ; and Miss Blanche. The family affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Dunn is a member of the Commercial Athletic Club, and is accounted one of the prominent and progressive citizens of South Bend.

the city. He was born near Bridgeport, Conn., and in 1860 moved with his family to Ypsilanti, Mich. After a residence there of several years they moved to Van Buren county, that state. His early education was obtained in the public schools and was followed by learning the printers' trade in Decatur, 111.

Mr. Lyon, who had served as correspondent of The Tribune, came to South Bend in 1874 and accepted a position in The Tribune composing room and his connection with that paper continued until his death, April 4, 1907. He was advanced to the reportorial staff in 1875, became city editor in 1878 and later was made associate editor, a position which he filled with splendid credit until failing health compelled him to resign in 1905. He continued his connection with The Tribune, however, as a special writer and did some excellent work.

Mr. Lyon was a co-author with Charles H. Bartlett, formerly principal of the South B-end high school, in a beautiful historic volume entitled "La Salle in the Valley of the St. Joseph" which was published by the Tribune Printing Company. He had also written many articles and papers of historical value and deep interest. He was a thorough musician and had been identified with nearly every musical organization in South Bend for a quarter of a century. He was the composer of several sacred songs and anthems. Mr. Lyon was known as the original "Old Shady" and his services in political campaigns in a musical way made him very popular in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.

He was married in 1876 at Kalkaska, Mich., to Miss Frances A. Kurtz, of Buffalo. N. Y., who continues to make South Bend her home. Mr. Lyon was prominent in numerous movements of a progressive character and was a member of the Northern Indiana Historical Society and fraternally was associated with the National Union.

Charles Frank is numbered among the leading business men of Mishawaka, and is also an honored .soldier of the Civil war. His birth occurred in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1842, and his father, Reinhold Frank, was a native of Germany, coming to America during his boyhood days in 1806. In this country he was married to Catherine Roupp, also a native of the f-^therland, and she was about eighteen years of age when she came to this country, where her death occurred when she had reached the age of eighty years. In their family were seven children, tive sons and two daughters, all of whom grew to years of maturity. The father spent the remainder of his life in Pennsylvania, dying there at the age of seventy-three years.

Charles Frank, the fourth child and third son in his parents' famil.y, received his educational training in the schools of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and. remained at home until 1861, when he offered his services to his country during the Civil war, enlisting when a youth of nineteen years in Company B, Seventy-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. His bravery and faithful service won him many promotions, and he was honorably discharged as a conunis.sary sergeant after three years of faithful and arduous service, during which time he had participated in many of the principal battles of the war, including Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. He was slightly wounded while at Charleston, South Carolina, and after the close of the conflict he returned to his old home in Pennsylvania, while shortly afterward, in 1864, he came to St. Joseph county, rirst locating at Woodland, where for about twenty years he was engaged in the lumber business and also in conducting a saw mill. From that city he came to Mishawaka in 1889, resuming his lumber business. For forty-three years he has been a resident of St. Joseph county, and strictly upright and above reproach in all his dealing wdth others, he merits the high esteem in which he is held by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. His prominence in the public life of the community has led to his selection for many offices of public trust, having been the Republican representative in the office of school trustee for several years, and was a justice of the peace in Madison township for many years, was elected mayor in the fall of 1906. In addition to his extensive lumber business he also has stock in the First National Bank of Mishawaka.

In 1868 ]\Ir. Frank was married to Mary A. Buchheit, the daughter of Jacob Buchheit, and their four children are: George F., a resident of Mishawaka; J. N. ; Estella, the wife of R. H. Jernegan, of Mishawaka; and Grace, the wife of John W. Beiger, also of this city. Mr. Frank has membership relations with Houghton Post, No. 128, G. A. R.,

Myron Campbell is cashier of the South Bend National Bank, and his prestige in financial and business affairs has been won through marked executive force, keen discrimination, sound judgment and unfaltering energy. He was born in Valparaiso, Indiana, on the 13th of March, 1849, a son of Samuel A. and Harriet (Cornell) Campbell, and is a twin brother of Marvin Campbell. The public schools of his native city furnished him with his early educational training, this being supplemented by attendance at the Northern Indiana Normal College of Valparaiso, where he studied civil engineering, waring and surveying, and afterwards assisted in the construction of the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad between Flint and Lansing, Michigan. During a period of four years, Mr. Campbell also acted in the capacity of surve.yor of Porter county. In 1872 he embarked in the grocery business in South Bend, in partnership with Ex-Postmaster Horace G. Miller, business being conducted under the firm name of Miller & Campbell.

During the past many years, however, Mr. Campbell's endeavors have been directed to the banking business, and his wise counsel and sound judgment have contributed to the success of the institution with which he is connected. In 1878 he entered the South Bend National Bank as a bookkeeper, and on March 14, 1891, was elected cashier, which position he has since held. He is also the manager of the South Bend Clearing House. He is an authority on banking business, having been awarded prizes by the Rand-McNally Bankers' Magazine for papers on country banking, and also by the Rhoades Journal for a paper on Domestic Exchange. He is also the author of a valuable book of interest and exchange tables, which has been endorsed by the leading bankers and business men. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend, who has efficiently advanced its interests, having from 1895 until 1898 been a member of the Board of Education, and other measures for the publie good receive his hearty support and cooperation.

Mr. Campbell Avas united in marriage in 1871 to Miss Abbie Fifield, also of Valparaiso, Indiana, and they have four children, two sons and two daughters: Edward II., a graduate of the IT. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and now a lieutenant commander in the United States navy; Robert S., assistant cashier of the South Bend National Bank; Ada C, a graduate of DePauw University, and now Extension Secretary of the Y. W. C. A. ; and Vera, a student in the Ohio Wesley an College of Delaware, Ohio. The family are devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Campbell is serving as treasurer, and he is also an active member and Treasurer of the Young Men's Christian Association. Reliability in all trade transactions, loyalty to all duties of citizenship, fidelity in the discharge of every trust reposed in him - these are his chief characteristics, and through the passing years they have gained for him the unqualified confidence and respect of his fellow to^\Tismen.

Caleb A. Kimball. From aii early period Caleb A. Kimball has been prominently identified with the history of northern Indiana, and for many years past he has served as cashier of the First National Bank of South Bend. He was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, twenty-seven miles from Boston, February 13, 1829, a son of P. H. and Susan (Stanly) Kimball, both also natives of that commonwealth. The father was of English descent, and was a life-long manufacturer of furniture and lumber.

Caleb A. Kimball, the third of his parents' five children, was reared and received his educational training at Yarmouth, Maine, there remaining until his removal to St. Joseph county in 1850. He at once engaged in the cutting of black walnut timber and the production of lumber in South Bend, being thus engaged for six years, when he turned his attention to farming for a few years. In 1864 he became connected with the First National Bank as bookkeeper, but in 1870 was promoted to the position of cashier, in which he has ever since remained. He is a man of commanding influence in the community and the county, and widely known and honored throughout northern Indiana. He has attained prominence in business circles, while in private life he has many warm friends.

In 1856, Mr. Kimball was united in marriage to Marcia L. Willis, the daughter of Lyda Willis, and one son has been born of this union, W. L. Kimball, cashier of the First National Bank of ]\Iishawaka. During the long period of fifty years Mr. Kimball has resided within the borders of St. Joseph county, and throughout all that time has been deeply interested in its upbuilding and improvement. Hon. John B. Stoll. To Honorable J. B. Stoll has come the attainment of a distinguished position in connection with journalism, his rise and present standing being due to determined, honest and intelligently directed efforts, based upon a natural strength and practical ability. The intuitive insight and quick judgment, so necessary to the success of the journalist, were also his, as well as a practical knowledge of the printing business which enabled him to build his newspaper enterprises on firm financial bases. Having aU the best qualifications of the all-around newspaper man, his final success was assured.

Mr. Stoll is of German birth, being a native of Wurtemberg, and the day of his birth, March 13, 1843. His father, who was a large landed proprietor, was drowned in the river ]Murg a few months before his birth, and the child went to live with his grandparents, attending school until 1853. In that year he emigrated to the United States with his mother and located at Harrisburg. Pennsylvania, where she died, leaving him an orphan at the age of twelve years. After seeking employment of various kinds the boy found work in the printing office of the Harrisburg Telegraph and Der Vaterlands-Waechter. By diligent study and extensive reading he mastered the English language and, at an early age, entered the political arena. Although a sturdy Democrat, he was opposed to slavery, and in 1860, when but seventeen years of age, was, by the Democracy of Cambria county, chosen as a delegate to the Douglas state convention. Upon the nomination of Douglas and Johnson, by the Baltimore national convention, he delivered an eloquent address at the ratification meeting held in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The following year he went to ^liddleburg. Snyder county, that state, where he worked as a journeyman on the People's Friend, purchasing the paper in 1863. When he thus made his first independent venture in journalism he was only twenty years of age, but he greatly improved the paper, and in the year following the purchase was elected a member of the school board, while subsequently he was made auditor of Snyder county.

In 1866, ]\Ir. Stoll first came to Indiana, publishing the Ligonier Banner for a period of seventeen years. In the spring of 1869, he establi.shed and edited the Laporfe Argus, and in 1873 became editor of the South Bend

Courier, published in German. The next journal witli which he became connected was the Daily and Weekly Democrat, of which he became editor and proprietor, as also of the Monitor. During all this period he resided at Lig'onier, where he edited and published the Banner. J\Ir. Stoll organized the Press Association of northern Indiana, and for six years successively was its president, while in 1881 he was chiefly instrumental in founding the Democratic State Editorial Association, serving as its first president.

As the editor and proprietor of the Times, ]\Ir. Stoll is a power for good in his community. He is a brilliant writer, an able journalist and a forceful speaker, and has placed the Times among the leading newspapers of northern Indiana. His influence has passed beyond the confines of his home locality, and upon the ladder of his o\^ti building he has climbed to prominence and prosperity. Intensely loyal to all movements for the good of his locality, he is especially interested in educational and literary affairs, and has served as president of the school board of South Bend for eight years. Thus commingling his characters of journalist and citizen, and the management of his private with public affairs, his influence is of great breadth and effectiveness.

"William Bell Calvert. The history of the Calvert family, continued to the present generation through William Bell Calvert, the well known real estate man of South Bend, introduces personages who have been prominently known in St. Joseph, county since the fii-st years of its settlement and pioneer life.

For the origin of the American branch of the family, we go back to the parish of Essex, England, where on August 25, 1793, w^as born Isaac Bond Calvert, grandfather of the Calvert above named. On January 15, 1815, he married Isabella Bird, who was bom in Cumberland, England, March 17, 1792, and in 1819, with two children, this pioneer couple came to America, settling near Philadelphia.

For a number of years Isaac B. Calvert engaged in the dairy business, w^ith Philadelphia as his market. In the fall of 1834 he set out for the w^est, and after a long overland journey by wagon, arrived in the little villa-ge of South Bend in January, 1835. In Portage tow^nship. four and a half miles west of South Bend, is located the Calvert farm, one of the best known and handsomest country estates in the county. It is still owned in the family, and 220 acres of it has never passed from this ownership since Isaac B. Calvert bought it, over seventy years ago. Although his first home shelter has long since been removed, it deserves a place of lasting remembrance in the family records.

It was a double cabin, and was of rather advanced style of pioneer architecture, because the logs were hewn on two sides, giving plane surfaces both within and without. Chips and clay filled up the spaces between the logs. The floor was of puncheons, and the one door swung on wooden hinges, with a wooden bolt and latch on the inside, and, in accordance with family hospitality, the latch string was always on the outside. A claif and stick chimney completed the principal features of this primitive home. Here occurred the death of Isaac B. Calvert, February 27, 1839, leaving a widow and eight children to continue his memory. His widow died March 7, 1866.

Joseph Hall Calvert, son of the above pioneer and father of W. B. Calvert, was born near Philadelphia, October 30, 1822, and accompanied the family to St. Joseph county when he was twelve years old. To continue his schooling in this county he had to walk two and a half miles to the primitive schoolhouse that then gave, for a few weeks in the year, educational facilities to the neighborhood children. He bought the interest of the other children in the old homestead, and continued to reside there until his death, April 1, 1885, since which time his widow has made this her home.

Another log house was erected by him, and somewhat later he built a commodious frame house, barn and other farm buildings, so that the farm, then containing 320 acres, was the best improved in the township at the time of his death.

By his marriage on March 30, 1862, to Mary Jane Brick, he united by family ties two of the oldest families connected with the history of St. Joseph county. His wife w^as the daughter of William Woolsen and Elizabeth (Wills) Brick. The former, who was born at i\fount Holly, New Jersey, February 13, 1808, traced his ancestry back to 1663, when three brothers, John, William and Samuel, of whom the first was the founder of this branch of the family, came from England with a Quaker colony that settled in New Jersey and became owners of large tracts of land there, where the family is still prominent. John, the direct ancestor, was conspicuous in the activities of his locality, being a lawyer, farmer, banker and judge.

William Woolsen Brick, on coming west, first settled on Pokagon prairie in Cass county, Michigan, in 1826, but two years later came to St. Joseph county, joining the first settlers who beat down the wilderness and founded the institutions of civilization here. Securing government land in Warren township, he began the improvement of what is to-day one of the best farms in the county, and after living a number of years on this farm he moved to South Bend, where he spent his declining years. He was three times married and left a large family.

Representing the third generation of the family in this county, William Bell Calvert was born in his father's log cabin in Portage township, October 22, 1863. After attending the country schools he continued his education at Valparaiso (Ind.) .Business College and at Oberlin (Ohio) College, preparatory to entering Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., where he was a member of the class of 1890. His studies at the university were mainly along the lines of mechanical and electrical engineering.

Having completed his education, he returned to his home county and bought a farm in Warren township a few miles from South Bend. However, farming was his active vocation only a few years, when he moved to South Bend and entered the manufacturing field, from which after two or three years he turned his attention to the real estate business.

In the handling of city and farm properties and the promotion of building additions, Mr. Calvert has become a large factor in the expansion and development of his city. Besides acting as agent for others in numerous large transactions, he has had a large business on his own account. On his Highland Park addition there is a natural park of twenty-five acres, well wooded and attractive, which he intends giving to the city for public park purposes. This addition is valued at about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Calvert was the first to introduce grading and the improvement of streets in the new additions of South Bend, - his first work of this kind having been done at Roseland Park, one of his several additions to the city. Calvert street, one of the principal streets of the city, was named in honor of him. Mr. Calvert has one of the finest and best equipped real estate offices in the state.

August 24, 1887, Mr. Calvert married Miss Ella Sincox, a daughter of Alvin and Caroline (Carleton) Sincox, of Ohio and Virginia ancestry respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Calvert have two sons, Charles Everett and William Franklin.

2Ir. Calvert affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in all its branches and has been elected to and filled all the offices up to the Supreme Lodge ; the Elks and other orders ; is a member of the Commercial Athletic Club, Business Men's Association and several others. He was one of the organizers and the first secretary of the Real Estate Board of South Bend, which was the first successfully organized Real Estate Board in the state. It is the most active institution in advancing the general interests of the city.

Chauncey N. Fassett. For a long period Chauncey N. Fassett has been a resident of South Bend, and during many years of that time has been connected with its journalistic interests. South Bend also claims him among her native sons, for his birth occurred in this city on the 30th of July, 1849, his parents being Chauncey S. and Lucy Jane (Harmon) Fassett, both natives of the state of New York. In the late '30s the father came to South Bend and engaged in a mercantile business. He was also numbered among the Argonauts to California, going to that state in 1849, and remaining for four years, when he returned to the east and established himself in business in Middlebury, Elkhart county, Indiana. He afterwards removed to Missouri, where he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, but failed in the general panic of 1857. Before the war Mr. Fassett had gone to Colorado with his eldest son, Charles S., and they assisted in opening Russell's Gulch, Deing among the first there. The father spent most of his remaining days in the west, dying in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1879, when he had reached the age of seventy-six years.

In 1863 the family retunied from Missouri to Goshen, where the son Chauncey N., attended the common schools, and after completing his education spent two years in the law office of the late Judge Mitchell. At that time Mr. Fassett became convinced that his forte was journalism, and in 1873 he began work on the old "Union," one of the early papers and which Avas owned by his brother Herbert. After the Union was sold, he purchased the Register, later was employed on the Tribune until 1878, and was then appointed assistant postmaster, continuing as the inemnbent of that office for eight yeare. In 1887. Mr. Fassett established the Sunday News, and although it is owned by a stock company, he has the controlling interest and is president and editor of the corporation. He is a writer of force and ability, and his name occupies a conspicuous place among the leading journalists of northern Indiana.

The marriage of Mr. Fassett was celebrated at Lewistown, Pennsylvania, on the 31st of October. 1877, when Anna Thrush became his wife. Her father, the late Rev. John Thrush, was former pastor of the Firet Methodist Episcopal church of South Bend. One daughter was born of this union, Thrush, who died at the age of eighteen years, on the 5th of May, 1901. In her memory her parents have established a silver medal to be given annually in the high school for highest standing in English literature, the Thrush Fassett Medal. In addition to his journalistic work, Mr. Fassett is treasurer and manager of the Indiana Foundry and Machine Company, and is also interested in real estate in a general way. He is an able and experienced newspaper man, and at the present time is engaged in preparing a biography of the late Clem Studebaker. Coming from such a versatile and brilliant writer, this will prove an interesting and valuable work.

Elmer Crockett. Conspicuous on the roll of names who have conferred honor upon the profession of journalism in Indiana is that of Elmer Crockett, president of the Tribune Printing Company. He has a great versatility of talents, and exactness and thoroughness characterizes all his attainments and work. He is a writer of superior force and ability, and in all the relations of life he is an honorable, upright gentleman. He was born in St. Joseph county, September 1. 1844, a son of Shellem and Louise (Ireland) Crockett, and a descendant of Davy Crockett. In 1849 the family moved to South Bend, but Elmer remained in Mishawaka for several years with an uncle, S. I. H. Ireland, receiving his education in its public schools. He later became a student in the Northern Indiana College at South Bend, thus receiving an excellent educational training as the foundation of his future life work. During the Civil war he served with the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, and after being mustered out he entered the office of the Mishawaka Enterprise, where he learned the printer's trade. He then returned to South Bend in 1867, and has ever since been identified with the interests of this city.

For several years Mr. Crockett served as foreman in the office of the St. Joseph Valley Register, founded by Schuyler Colfax, vicepresident of the United States, and ultimately purchased the paper in company with A. Beal and his brother-in-law, Alfred B. Miller, forming the firm of Beal, Miller & Company. In 1872 the firm of Miller & Crockett founded the South Bend Tribune, which is now numbered among the leading Republican newspapers of northern Indiana. A few years later the Tribune Printing Company was incorporated, with Mr. Miller as president and Mr. Crockett vice-president and manager. After the death of Mr. Miller in 1892, I\Ir. Crockett became printer and business manager, which position he still occupies. He is an active and valued member of the Republican party, and in 1888 was appointed by Benjamin Harrison as postmaster of South Bend. He has also served as a member of the State Republican Committee during several campaigns, and was chairman of the State Newspaper Bureau.

In 1868, Mr. Crockett was united -in marriage to Anna Miller, whose father, the late B. F. Miller, was an honored pioneer of St. Joseph county and at one time served as its sheriff. Five children have been born of this union, but only two are now living: Charles E., secretary of the Tribune Company, and Ethel. Mr. Crockett holds membership relations with the Grand Array of the Republic, being past commander of Auten Post, No. 8, and in 1896, was senior vice department commander of Indiana. He is also an active worker in the Presbyterian church, in which he is serving as superintendent of the Sunday School, and is also a valued factor of the Young Men's Christian Association, of which he has been president. He was selected as a member of the citizens' advisory committee during the building of the new court house, and proved a valued member of the committee. He exemplifies in his life the tenets of the Masonic fraternity, of which he is a worthy member, and in 1889 and 1890 served

Chaeles Albert McDonald both by work and . character was long identified with the higher progress and life of St. Joseph county. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, on the 15th of September, 1859, the son of John i\I. and Elizabeth IMcDonald, his father being a native of Virginia of Scotch ancestry, and the mother of New York state, whose forefathers w^ere of the German fatherland.

Charles A. was a faithful school attendant in his boyhood and youth, graduated from the South Bend High School in the class of 1879, taught for some time, and M^as subsequently principal of the Washington and South schools. While thus employed he became assistant editor of The Times, then a weekly paper with a Saturday edition. A few years later he became a partner with J. B. Stoll in the ownership of the South Bend Daily and Weekly Times, as well as its city editor, maintaining these dual relations until his death, which occurred December 14, 1905.

From numerous tributes to the high and lovable character of the deceased, which sprung spontaneously from the hearts of men, women and children in all walks of life, one of the most tender and broadly descriptive was penned by a classmate, who had Imown him from his youth. It is as follows: "Afresh, wholesome interest in intellectual pursuits distinguished him even in his boyhood. He felt to the last a warm enthusiasm for all that was good and noble. Earnestness of purpose and a determination to excel were distinguishing marks of his character. He was ambitious and cherished high ideals, and to these he was always faithful. In spite of the harsh demands of practical life he never lost his reverence for the ideals of his boyhood and the beautiful dreams of his youth. Energy, perseverance and the exercise of all those faculties which make for success are admirable always, but when they are tempered by a broad love of humanity, and a deep inborn sense of devotion to family and friends and unfailing loyalty to the ideals of youth, they make a man the best of which a human being is capable. ^Mr. McDonald had all these in good measure. He was so tender and true in every relation that even the casual acquaintance felt the warmth of his personality and the wholesome influence of his generous, loving nature. He was the best possible exponent of George Eliot s Simple Creed Religion. Kindness, piety and reverence were inherent qualities, and the memories of old associations were sacred to him, for he clung with all his heart to the friends and teachers who had guided him in youth. His tenderness and regard for old friends, his cordial interest in the welfare of his felloAVmen, his unfailing sympathy for the afflicted and the oppressed, are the best testimonials of his character. Strong, upright and honorable, he knew no deceit, but gloried in the greater power of an allconquering love. The high esteem of all who knew him is the best proof of his worth, the sorrow of those who knew him well, the noblest tribute to his memory."

Mr. McDonald's business associate wrote of him : "From the beginning to the close of his connection with this establishment, he proved himself a thoroughly honest man. Greed was absolutely foreign to his nature. Avarice never warped or dwarfed his intellect. He became profoundly impressed with the belief that man's mission was above money-making. While he recognized the propriety and necessity of man's wants, he regarded an unsullied reputation as to personal honor far above the value of glittering gold. His career was too short to fully develop what was in the man. Could he have lived the scriptural allotted period, his splendid traits of character would have been conspicuously brought within the vision of a discerning public. But he lived long enough to leave a record to which his bereaved relatives, friends and associates will point with satisfaction and pride. While this cannot, at the moment, assuage grief, subdue sorrow, still teare nor silence anguish, in years to come it will serve as a pleasant reminder that it was well for this community to have been the beneficiary of Charles A. McDonald 's well directed and honorable efforts. ' '

Another writer said of the deceased: "It was during his last years that many of Mr. McDonald's choice poems were penned, which brought to him considerable fame. His ability in this line was unquestioned, and he took great pleasure in hailing the arrival of holidays and referring to South Bend's important events in metrical form."

On the 17th of November, 1886. Mr. Mc- Donald married Miss Fannie Everson Bradley, of Berrien Springs, Michigan, daughter of Edward and Imogene Everson (Royce) Bradley, both natives of New York. Four children were born to their union - Marie, Arthur Royce, Kenneth Bradley and Charles Albert,

Although a public spirited man, Mr. Mc- Donald was interested in only one fraternal organization - South Bend Lodge, No. 235, B. P. 0. E. - but in this he was a willing and enthusiastic worker. As a reward for his zeal in this direction he was recently elected chaplain, and was selected as one of the directors of the Elks Temple Association. ]\Iuch credit is due him for the erection of this monument to Elkdom, as he was one of the prime factors in bringing about the plans which made possible the erection of the home. It was also Mr. McDonald who suggested that the laying of the cornerstone should take place at eleven o'clock at night, the mystic hour of the order. The deceased was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he joined in his youth and from whose teachings he never departed.

George W. J. Kalczynski, one of the leading journalists of northern Indiana, was born in Havei-straw, New York, January 17, 1872, a son of George W. and Mary (Urbanowska) Kalczynski. In 1877, the family came to South Bend, here remaining for five years, during which time George attended a parochial school. On the expiration of that period, just after the death of the mother, they returned to Yonkers, New York, where the son resumed his studies. In a few years, however, he came again to South Bend, where he learned the printer's trade on the South Bend Times. In 1894, he went to Toledo, Ohio, and purchased the Toledo Courier (Kuryer), continuing its publication for sixteen months as a weekly, when he made it a daily and the name was changed to the Times (Czas). Selling that paper at the expiration or two months, he went to Chicago, Illinois, and thence to Bay City, Michigan, where for five months he served as general manager of the Truth (Prawda).

For the third time Mr. Kalczynski came to South Bend, and with Messrs. H. C. Dunbar and H. Elliott organized the Goniec Polski Publishing Company. Messrs. Dunbar and Elliott owned a printing establishment, to which they added some Polish type and furnished the means with which to establish the paper, while Mr. Kalczynski contributed the editorial ability and experience. The paper, the Polish Messenger (Goniec PoLski), was an immediate success, and has continued so to the present time, being now a seven column folio, semi-weekly, and independent in politics. The first number was issued on the 27th of June, 1896, and at that time Mr. Kalczynski was literally penniless, but he is now the sole owner of this large plant, which is equipped with the latest and most improved machinery, conducted by electric power and is valued at twelve thousand dollars. This is the only newspaper printed in the Polish language in the state of Indiana. Outside of his paper, he is also prominent in Polish affairs, being president of the local Polish Turners M. R., and was national president of Polish Turners Alliance of America from 1901 to 1905. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Woodmen of the World, St. Stanislaus Society, the Polish Literary society known as St. John De Cantus, and the South Bend Press Club, of which he is secretarytreasurer. He is also a member of the European society known as " Powsciagliwosc i Praca, " whose object is the bringing up of orphan boys and fitting them for the battle of life. This is conducted by the Roman Catholic clergy, and its headquarters are at Miejsce Piastowe in Gallicia, Austria. Mr. Kalczynski has gained a brilliant success so far on the journey of life, and a still brighter future awaits him.

Edward A. Jernegan. Among the leading newspapers in northern Indiana is the Mishawaka Enterprise, edited and published by Edward A. Jernegan. His keenly analytical mind, his readiness in noting the most important points and his strong logical powers have combined to make the journal a leading newspaper of this locality. He was born in Laporte, Indiana, on the 27th of January, 1846. His father, Thomas Jernegan, a native of Edgartown, Massachusetts, was also an old and prominent newspaper man. In 1842 he came to South Bend, where he was for a number of years engaged in a mercantile business, and at that time his brother, Joseph L., was a leading attorney of the city. Purchasing the Mishawaka Tocsin, Mr. Jernegan moved it to South Bend, next to Laporte and ultimately to Michigan City. He was a prominent newspaper man of his time, and was also a public spirited and patriotic citizen. For a period of eighteen years he served as a government employe in the pension department, dying in the harness at Washington, D. C, in 1900, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife, nee Anne M. Clasby, and a native of Nantucket,

Edward A. Jernegan attended the schools of Michigan City, but ere the completion of his education he enlisted as a drummer boy in the Seventy-third Indiana, Company K. Subsequently, however, he entered the navy, Avhere his father was paymaster, and during the latter part of the war was in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana, thus continuing until 1864. In that year he returned home and served in the provost marshal's office until the close of the war. After the struggle ended, the father resumed his newspaper business in JNIichigan City, and Edwarcl joined him as assistant editor. In 1872 he came to Mishawaka and purchased the Enterprise, which had been established in 1854, and which he has ever since conducted in such a manner as to make it a power for good in this part of the state. The journal gives evidence of the high editorial ability of Mr. Jernegan, whose clear presentation of every question which he treats has borne marked influence upon his constituency. In 1897 he served as a member of the state legislature, while for four years during the Harrison administration, he Avas postmaster of Mishawaka.

In 1869 he was married to INIiss Nannie C. Sherman, a daughter of Dr. M. G. Sherman, of Michigan City, and they have two living children. Mrs. C. A. Ostrom, of Mishawaka, and Ralph, a promising young lawyer of this city. Their eldest son. Mason Sherman, died in 1901. He was a. newspaper man of promise, and at the time of his death was serving on the Detroit Free Press. Mr. Jernegan is a member of the Masonic order and of the Grand Army of the Republic, Houghton Post. He has had many dil¥iculties and obstacles to overcome on his way to success, among them being the great fire which swept over Mishawaka in 1872 and completely destroyed the tOAATi, proving a great loss to the young editor. His genial temperament, courteous manners and broad minded principles render him a favorite with all, ancl the circle of his friends is almost coextensive with that of his acquaintances.

Hon. Abraham Brick. Whether the fundamental attributes of success in life are innate, or whether they are quickened by a process of circumstantial development, is impossible to clearly determine; yet the study of a successful life is none the less profitable, as it is found that in the majority of cases exceptionable ability, supplemented by earnest purpose and close application, forms the real secret of advancement. It is a noticeable fact that the young men are rapidly occupying the foremost places in the financial, professional and political circles. Whether this is due to superior education, or to native ability is a question of dispute; at all events the fact remains that each communitj' numbers among its leaders men who, although young in years, are controlling extensive interests in all fields of endeavor; and in this class is emphatically placed Hon. Abraham Brick, of South Bend. Hon. Abraham Lincoln Brick is known as a man of high attainments and possessed of tbat practical ability which has brought him success as a lawyer and a man of varied aflairs. His broad influence extends into professional, political and public fields, so that he lias become recognized as one of the stronge.5t and mast popular men in the state. Born on a farm in Warren township, St. Joseph county, on the 27th of May, 1860, he is descended from Scotch-Irish and English ancestry. His father was a native of New Jersey, but removed to Indiana at an early day, and was there married to Elizabeth Calvert, who had come with her parents from Germantown, Pennsylvania. Their son Abraham received his primary education in the district schools of Warren township, later attended the South Bend grammar and high schools, and was subsequently a student at Yale and Cornell universities. Close application to his studies impaired his health to such an extent that he went to Kansas, where he spent a year on a ranch. AVith restored strength he returned to Indiana and soon. after entered the University of Michigan to prosecute his laAv studies, graduating there in 1883 and at once began practice at South Bend. As a lawyer he is remarkable for the wide research and provident care with which he prepares his cases. In no instance has his reading ever been confined to the limitations of the questions at issue; it has gone beyond and compassed every contingency, providing both for the expected and unexpected - the latter happening quite as frequently in the courts as out of them. His close and logical grasp of facts and principles, with the law^ applicable to them, has been another potent factor in his success; while a remarkable clearness of expression which ena.bles him to make others understand not onlv the salient, but the fine points of his argument, may be aeeounted another of his conspicuous accomplishments which go to make up the strength and attraction of his character as a lawyer.

iMr. Brick's public services have been various and noteworthy. He was first brought into official prominence by the able discharge of his duties as prosecuting attorney in the district then comprising the counties of Laporte and St. Joseph. In 1892. he was elected a member of the State Central Committee of the Republican party, of which he has long been a recognized leader in a state which has, at times, been classed as doubtful and pivotal. His labors on the state committee were of such value that he was accorded a place among the leaders of national influence by being sent as a delegate to the presidential convention which met in St. Louis in 1896. But advancement and high standing in the law Avas his prime ambition, and it was really against his personal inclination that he was nominated and elected as a representative of the Thirteenth congressional district in 1898, receiving a majoritv of twentv-five hundred votes. He was re-elected in 1900, 1902, 1904 and 1906, being also returned during those years by handsome majorities. As would be expected from his character as a lawyer and a man his legislative labors were faithfully and ably performed and most fruitful of results which redounded to the good of his country. In congress, as in the field of his profession, he has been a hard worker, an effective speaker and a courteous gentleman, and with the progress of his service his constituents are continually placing a higher value upon him as a faithful and practical representative.

On the 11th of November, 1884, Mr. Brick was married to Miss Anna Meyer, a daughter of the late Godfrey E. Meyer, and one daughter has been born to them. Mr. Brick is a member of the Indiana and Commercial Athletic clubs and also holds fraternal relations with the Masons, Knights of Pythias and Elks. Personally, he is of a genial nature and inspires friendship of an uniLsual strength. Endowed with active, energetic and strong capabilities, he is a worthy representative of that class of comparatively young men who are forging to the front and remaining there.

Hon. Walter A. Funk. The bulwark of the country is composed of members of the great middle class, who from lowly circumstances, though stress of brave endeavor and inherited energy of sturdy ancestors, rise to positions of great personal influence and public responsibility. Thus struggling, as it were, from the ground upward, closely surrounded by relatives and old-time friends, their progress is so natural and unobtrusive that jealousies seldom arise to embitter their progress, as is usually the case when standing and authority depend largely on family connections and inheritance. This wide and powerful influence of members of the middle class upon the public affairs of American communities is nowhere more evident than in the domain of the law, and few judges of note have come from wealthy, or so called aristocratic families. A good judge must be a good sympathizer with the people at large, in order to carry into court both the spirit and the letter of the law.

All of the above general remarks may well be applied to the personality and career of Hon. Walter A. Funk, long an active and prominent member of the South Bend bar and for a number of years past circuit judge of St. Joseph county. Born on a farm in Elkhart county, Indiana, on the 18tli of December, 1857, his most serious occupation until he attained his majority consisted of hard and faithful work upon the farm of his father, William Funk. But the boy early showed that his ambitions extended beyond the bare performance of his prosaic duties connected with the family homestead, and when only sixteen years of age, he had so advanced in his studies that he was called upon by the township authorities to teach district school. At this profession he did well and saved enough money to warrant him in aiming for a higher education than he could secure at home.

After laying a firm foundation for his professional studies in various educational institutions of Goshen and Valparaiso, Indiana, Judge Funk had the satisfaction of becoming a student in the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, having already enjoyed the benefits of study and tutelage in the offices of Judge Smith, of Cassopolis, Michigan, and of Hon. Andrew Anderson, of South Bend. Mainly through his association with the latter, upon his graduation from the state university and the winning of his professional degree, in 1885, Mr. Funk came to South Bend : and he seems from the outset to have been received by its citizens and his fellow practitioners as a stable and most valuable personal addition to the com- mimity and the bar. He was thorough in the preparation of his cases, courteous yet firm in the positions which he assumed as an advocate, clear and concise in his arguments, and underneath all his high qualities as a lawyer could plainly be perceived the warm and common-sense character of the man of broad sympathies. This combination constituted his main strength when he was put forward for the office of circuit judge of St. Joseph county and resulted in his decisive election to that position in 1900. These attributes of legal and personal character also made him an earnest, able and upright judge, bringing him also the popularity which, through the votes of his constituents, called him to the bench in 1906 for a second term of six years. On the bench he is the embodiment of judicial dignity - ever courteous and considerate, and never attempting to win cheap applause at the expense of an inexperienced attorney or an overwrought witness. Of unimpeachable character and of unusual intellectual endowments, with a thorough understanding of the law; patient, urbane and industrious. Judge Funk took to the bench the very highest qualifications for the discharge of his responsible duties. His record as a judge has been in harmony with his career as a lawyer and his character as a man, being distinguished not only by unswerving integrity but by a masterful grasp of every problem which has come before him for solution.

Judge Funk's domestic relations are most harmonious, as befits one of his character and temperament. His wife was formerly Miss Mary E. Harris, who has borne him one child - William Harris. His character thus rounded and softened by the influences of wife, family and home, the Judge is a typical American citizen, vigorously upholding the framework of society both in his public capacity as an able judge and as a founder of that great American unit - the household. His is truly a complete and grand character, subordinating personal ambition to public good, seeking the benefit of others rather than the aggrandizement of self. Endowed by nature with high intellectual qualities, to which have been added the discipline and embellishments of culture, his is a most attractive personality, and in South Bend, where .he has so long made his home, he is numbered among the most honored citizens, receiving the respect and regard of all peoples and classes.

of a century Hon. George Ford has been recognized as a distinguished member of the bar of South Bend, Indiana. The city is therefore pleased to claim him as one of her native sons, his birth occurring at No. 422 South Main street on the 11th of January, 1846. His father, Isaac Ford, had come to the city during the preceding year, dying here in 1880, in his sixty-second year. His wife, formerly Emelipe Perkins, was born in Oswego county. New York, and survived her husband until 1903, when she passed aw^ay at the age of seventy-nine years. For more than sixty years, therefore, the sterlins: record of the Ford family has been a part of the annals of South Bend.

The local public schools furnished George Ford with the early mental training which he enjoyed, and his professional studies were pursued in the law department of the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1869. In that year he began practice in South Bend, and during the intervening years has secured not only a large and distinctively representative clientele, but established a reputation as a strong and progressive leader of the Democracy. For a number of years after his graduation he was associated in practice with Colonel Norman Eddy and Joseph Henderson. The litigation with which his name has been prominently associated embraces many of the important cases tried in the courts of this circuit, and his powers as an advocate as well as his far-sightedness as a counselor, have been freely acknowledged these many years. His career as a Democratic leader was inaugurated in 1874 by his election to the office of prosecuting attorney of St. Joseph county, and, after a continuous and most meritorious service of ten years in this arduous position, in 1885 he commenced his term in the Forty-ninth congress as a representative of the Thirteenth district. Mr. Ford was a working, useful and practical member of congress, and returned to South Bend with a greatly strengthened and broadened reputation.

In 1885 George Ford was united in marriage to Josephine Oliver, a daughter of James Oliver, the great inventor of the Chilled Plow and one of the most venerable and best beloved citizens of South Bend. In his fraternal relations Mr. Ford is a member of the Masonic order and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is sociable and popular, possesses a keen intellect and is logi- eal and liberal iii his deductions. Regarded as a eitizeii, he belongs to that public spirited and useful type of men whose ambitions and desires are centered and directed to those channels through which flow the greatest and most permanent public benefits.

Charles j\I. Krieghbaum. There are few who can more justly claim the proud American title of a self-made man. than Charles M. Krieghbaum, who without any extraordinary family or pecuniary advantages at the commencement of life has battled earnestly and energetically, and by indomitable courage and integrity has achieved both character and influence. By sheer force of will and untiring effort he has worked his way upward. He was born near Pl\Tnouth, Marshall county, Indiana. ^larch 13, 1867. a son of Edwin and ^lary (Ringer) Krieghbaum, both natives of Ohio. The father, who was born in Stark county, Ohio, came to Indiana when a young man. taking up his abode within the borders of ^Marshall county, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. His death occurred in 1901, when he had reached the age of sixtythree years.

Charles ]\1. Krieghbaum received his elementary education in the country schools of Marshall county, this being supplemented by attendance at the Normal College of Logansport and the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana. He thereafter taught for two years in Marshall county, and in 1889 became a resident of St. Joseph county, where he also followed the teacher's profession for four years. During this time he had been taking a couree in the South Bend Business College, and he also studied law in the office of W. A. Funk, while in 1894 he graduated from the law department of Notre Dame University. In the same year he opened an office in South Bend for the practice of his profession. He is able and well posted in his profession, clear and convincing as a speaker before judge and jury, painstaking and accurate in the preparation of his cases, and conscientiously adheres to the spirit as well as to the letter of the law. He gives his political support to the Democratic party, and although an active worker in its cause he has never desired the honors or emoluments of public office.

In 1896, Mr. Krieghbaum was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Kellar, a daughter of Howard M. and Annie Kellar, of Mishawaka, Indiana, and they have one son, F. Wallace, born Mav 22, 1898. In his fraternal relations Mr. Krieghbaum is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Order of Owls. His friends have the highest appreciation of his many excellent qualities, and his life history furnishes a splendid example of what may be accomplished through determined purpose, laudable ambition and well directed efforts.

Charles E. Crockett, secretary and treasurer of the Tribune Printing Company, was born in South Bend, August 8, 1876, being a son of the president of the Tribune Company, whose sketch is given elsewhere. Educated in the public schools and graduating from the South Bend High school in 1894, he then entered Wabash College at Crawfordsville, where he was graduated in 1898 with the degree of B. A. He showed his talent and inclination for journalism while a student in college, having been chief editor of "The Wabash" while there. Since leaving college he has been connected with the South Bend Tribune, and became secretary and treasurer of the company. In college his fraternal connections were with the Delta Tau Delta and the Phi Beta Kappa Greek letter societies. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church in South Bend. He married, April 17, 1906, Miss Edna Summers, and they have one child, Elizabeth Ann Crockett.

Ed B. Reynolds. In the death of Ed B. Reynolds, St. Joseph county lost one of its most valued citizens. His entire life was spent within its borders, and for a number of years he was connected with one of the chief industries of the county, having been vice president of the First National Bank. Many biLsiness concerns and moral enterprises, however, owe their excellence and progress largely to his influence. He was in touch with the people, and from a sincere and deep-felt interest in their welfare labored for all that would prove of public benefit until the busy and iLseful life was ended.

Mr. Reynolds was born in South Bend on the 28th of June, 1859, being a son of Ethan S. and Janette (Briggs) Reynolds, the father having been for many years an honored and respected business man of this city. The public and high schools of South Bend furnished their son with the educational training which fitted him for life's duties, and his first employment was in his father's paper mill, where he remained for fifteen years. The father had been one of the organizers of the First National Banlv of South Bend, of which he was also a director, stockholder and vice president, and at the time of his death his son E. B. took his place therein. He was a keen and reliable business man, an able financier, a sympathetic and kindhearted man and his loss was deeply felt throughout the community in which he had so long made his home. During his lifetime he had been an extensive traveler, having visited all parts of the United States, also Mexico and Alaska, and traveled all over Europe, the Holy Land and many oriental countries, including China and Japan.

]\Ir. Reynolds withheld his support from no philanthropic or benevolent movements or enterprises for the public good, and labored earnestly for the betterment of mankind, realizing most fully that financial success, fame or high position count for naught unless supplemented by an upright, honorable character. He was a member of the leading clubs of South Bend and was prominent in fraternal societies. In 1901 he was appointed by Mayor Schuyler Colfax as a member of the board of public works. He passed away October 1, 1906, but in the hearts of his friends are enshrined many pleasant memories of him, and his influence for good will long remain with those who knew him.

Frederick A. Miller. As mentioned in the history of journalism on other pages of this work, the name Miller has been connected with South Bend newspapers for nearly forty years. Alfred B. ]\Iiller. the father of the present editor of the Tribune, was born in South Bend, the son of B. F. Miller, one of the pioneers of the city. B. F. ]ililler was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, a native of Pennsylvania, and after settling in this county was honored by election as one of the early sheriffs. Alfred B. Miller was born, reared and educated in this county. He enlisted at the breaking out of the Civil war and was commissioned second lieutenant of the Twentyfirst Indiana Battery, serving with that command through the entire war. On his return from the field he clerked for D. M. Shively and John Brownfield and later entered newspaper work, purchasing an interest in and becoming editor of the St. Joseph Valley Register, founded by the late Vice-President Colfax. In 1872 "he and Elmer Crockett founded the South Bend Tribune, the first issue of which appeared March 9 of that year. He continued as editor and as one of the

Frederick A. Miller has been engaged in newspaper work in South Bend for over twenty years. Graduating from the South Bend High school with the class of 1887, on the 3d of July following he began work as a reporter for the Tribune, and since his father's death has been the editor of this flourishing index of affairs and opinion in South Bend.' June 8, 1892, Mr. Miller married ]\Iiss Flora Dunn, second daughter of ever called into its circle of devotees the brightest minds, the most gifted sons of the nation. The most careful analysis, closest reasoning and most logical thought are brought into play, and the lawyer of ability, by reason of his strong intellectuality, rises above the many to become a leader in thought and action. Among the members of the legal profession of St. Jaseph county who are rapidly forging to the front may be mentioned William A. ]\lclnerny, a native of Cutler, Carroll county, Indiana, born on the 14th of October, 1875, his parents being Matthew and Mary (Barrett) McInerny, both natives of Ireland, the former of County Clare and the latter of Roscommon. The father came to the Ignited States with his parents when a boy, the family home being established in Carroll county, where the son Matthew became a prominent merchant. During the Civil war he served as captain of the Eighty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company H, participating in the entire campaign. In 1889 he removed with his family to South Bend, where he is now well knoAvn as a commercial traveler. ]Mr. and !Mrs. ]McInerny became the parents of five sons and one daughter, four whom are living in South Bend.

William A. McInerny supplemented the early educational training which he had received in the public schools of Carroll county by attendance at the high school of South Bend, while his legal training was obtained in Notre Dame University, graduating in that institution in 1901. Previous to entering Notre Dame, however, he was for five years employed in the money order department of the South Bend postoffice. Immediately after his graduation he began the practice of his chosen profession in South Bend, where he is now associated in business with his brother, Joseph Walter, the firm of Mclnerny & Mc- Inernv being well known throughout this section of the state. William A. Mclnerny is also interested in several land companies, is a director and secretary of the South Bend Iron Bed Company, also president of the M. B. Bieger Realty Company, of Mishawaka, and president of the Mishawaka Folding Carriage Company.

In October, 1902, occurred the marriage of ]\Ir. ]McInerny and j\Iiss Ann Murphy, she being a daughter of Frank J. ]\Iurphy, of South Bend. Two children have been born of this union, - Dorothy Agnes, born on the 26th of August. 1903, and Anna Marie, born October 6, 1905. In his fraternal relations Mr. Mclnerny is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Ellvs and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Throughout the years of his ma.jority he has been a prominent worker in the ranks of the Democratic partj^ and for a number of years has been a member of the county committee, while in 1902 he was appointed by Mayor E. J. Fogarty as president of the board of public works.

Harry G. Schock, a member of the firm of Bugbee and Schoi'k, attorneys at law and abstracters, with offices at 122 North Main street. South Bend, is a representative of a family that from an early period has been prominently identified with the history of St. Joseph county. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Schock, located in the county in the '30s, as did also the maternal grandfather, George Replogle. the latter at that time taking up his abode in South Bend. Since that early day the various members of the families have won for the name an enviable distinction by theii" true worth of character. The parents of Harry G. were James J. and Emma (Replogle) Schock, a native son and daughter of St. Joseph county, and the father is now employed by the Studebaker ^Manufacturing Company, but the mother is deceased, passing away in 1901, at the age of forty-seven years. Their younger son, James E., resides in South Bend.

Harry G. Schock was born in New Carlisle, St. Joseph county, Indiana, March 8, 1872, but his education was received in the public schools of South Bend, in which he graduated in 1890. He then entered the literary department of the Michigan University, while later he was a student in the law department of that institution, spending in all six years in that temple of learning. Thus with an excellent training to form the foundations of his future life work he formed a partnership with W. A. Bugbee in the law and abstract business in 1899, and this firm has continued to the present time and has won a distinguished position at the bar of northern Indiana.

In 1904 Mr. Schock was united in marriage to Evalyn, the daughter of W. A. and Evalyn (Badet) Bugbee. She was born in the city of South Bend and after attending its public schools completed her education at Ferry Hall Seminary at Lake Forest, Illinois. Mr. Schock is a musician of note, and during the past twenty years has been connected with the Elbel Band as a cornet player. His political support is given to the Republican party. In his business relations he is thoroughly upright and conscientious, is public spirited and progressive in all his ideas, and has won an enviable position among the younger representatives of the legal profession.

Thomas M. Hoban. One of the early families to make a settlement in South Bend is that now worthily represented by the gentleman whose name introduces this review. For many years the Hobans have been identified with the business interests of this city, aiding materially in the development of the resources of their sections and taking an active part in everything tending to promote the welfare and happinesS' of the majority. Martin Hoban, the father of Thomas M., was a native of Bath, Maine, but when only seven years old was brought by his parents to South Bend, and he became a well known and prominent resident of this city. For many years he was a general contractor, and was also prominent in the public life of his community, having served as the Democratic alderman of the Eighth ward for eight years. His death occurred in 1903, when he had reached the age of fifty-five years. He was thoroughly in touch with the people, and from a sincere and deepfelt interest in their welfare labored for all that would prove of public benefit until the busy and useful life was ended. Mrs. Hoban bore the maiden name of Julia E. Downey, and was a native of Rome, New York.

its public schools he is indebted for the early educational training which he received, while later be became a student in Notre Dame University, from which he was graduated in law in 1899, but in 1900 he took a post graduate course therein. He has spared neither time nor labor in his preparation for the legal profession, and is recognized as a young man of great promise, with a bright future before him.

CouRTLAND P. DuCoMB. The man who wins prominence at the bar of America's thriving cities, of which South Bend is one, must have a thorough understanding of the law, a keen perception, logical reasoning, forcible argument, and, above all, habits of painstaking, patient industry. In like manner with all others Courtland P. DuComb started out to win a name and pla.ce for himself, and his success has made him one of the leaders of the South Bend bar.

Mr. DuComb was born in Union township, St. Joseph county, Indiana, August 12, 1872, a son of Philip P. and Bertha E. (Wright) , DuComb, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. During the '50s the father came to St. Joseph county, Indiana, and when the Civil war was inaugurated he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, Company K, in which he served for four years, and after the close of the struggle he resumed the quiet pursuits of a farm life. Subsequently, however, he removed to Lakeville, Indiana, where he engaged in general agricultural pursuits, for awhile. He was then engaged in the general merchandising business but selling out, returned to the fanu and remained about fifteen years, when he again entered the general mercantile field, and is still in business there.

Courtland P. DuComb, the second in order of birth of his parents ' four sons, received his elementary education in the country schools, and for a number of years thereafter was engaged in teaching in St. Joseph county. While thus engaged he conceived the idea of entering the legal profession, and to perfect himself in that calling he entered the law department of the Indiana State University, from which he graduated in 1895, but prior to entering that institution he had also had a year's preparatory work in DePauw University. After his graduation Mr. DuComb came to South Bend, and has since been engaged in active practice. He enjoys a large clientage, which has connected him with much of the important litigation heard in the courts of the district for the past few years. His political support is given to the Republican party, and on one occasion he was the candidate of his party for the office of city judge, being defeated by only a small majority, although he ran ahead of his ticket. For four years he served as a deputy prosecuting attorney, and has been engaged in some important county litigation and several noted murder trials. He was appointed to assist the state in the celebrated Koonsman nuirder trial, and succeeded in convicting the three Koonsman brothers and several others.

In 189G Mr. DuComb was united in marriage to JNIiss Clara B. Augustine, a daughter of William Augustine, an old and honored resident of Warren township, St. Joseph county. This union has been blessed with one son, Noel V., who was born on the 15th of October, 1897. In his fraternal relations Mr. DuComb is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 29, and of other societies. His religious connection is with the Christian church.

Benjamin F. Shively. For a number of years a distinguished member of the legal profession, honored and respected in every class of society, Mr. Shively has long been a leader in thought and action in the public life of the state. His name is a familiar one in political and professional circles throughout the northern portion of Indiana, and by reason of his marked intellectual activity and superior ability he is well fitted to aid in upbuilding the policy of the state, to control general interests and form public opinion.

Mr. Shively was born in St. Joseph county, Indiana, March 20, 1857, a son of Rev. Joel and Elizabeth (Penrod) Shively, natives of Pennsylvania who came to St. Joseph county in 1854. Their son Benjamin F. spent the days of his boyhood and youth in attendance at the district schools and in assisting in the work of the home farm, while later he became a student in the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso. From 1875 until 1880 he was engaged in teaching, and in the latter year came to South Bend and embarked in the newspaper field. Mr. Shively has long been recognized as a leader in the ranks of the Democratic party, and in 1884 he was elected to congress to represent the Thirteenth district, and on the expiration of his term of service, in 1885, he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in which he gradu- nted in the law department in 1886. He was then again elected to congress, and in 1888 and 1890 re-elected, while in 1906 he was nominated for the same position, and although he was defeated by less than three hundred votes he succeeded in reducing a majority at previous elections of over six thousand. While in congress JMr. Shively proved himself one of its most indefatigable members and rendered excellent service to his constituents. While a member of that body he served on banking and currency, Indian affairs and ways and means, and on the expiration of his term he returned to South Bend and has since devoted his time to his large legal practice, having secured a distinctively representative clientele. In 1896 he received the Democratic nomination for governor, and although defeated in the race, he polled more votes by thirty thousand than had ever been cast for governor up to that time. His name was also mentioned for vice-president in 1896, but he absolutely declined to allow it to be put forward, although his ability would enable him to grace any position which he might be called upon to fill. He is a brilliant lawyer, an eloquent speaker, a deep thinker and student of affairs, and it is believed that still higher honors await him.

In 1889, Mr. Shively was married to Miss Laura Jenlcs. a daughter of the Hon. George A. Jenlvs, of Brookdale, Pennsylvania, who from 1880 to 1886 was solicitor general of the United States. He has also been for a number of years trustee of Indiana University.

Gaylord H. Case, is becoming conspicuously identified with the bar of St. Joseph county. He was born in La Grange county, Indiana, on the 25th day of July, 1878. and was reared on the farm. His father, Zopher Case, for many years a farmer well known in La Grange county, was a native of Ohio, and came to La Grange county and settled there in 1834. Zopher Case was prominently identified with the early history of La Grange county and the state of Indiana. He was also a ..prominent and influential worker in the Democratic party, and among the people with whom he so long resided he was very popular. Mrs. Zopher Case bore the maiden name of Anna Smith and for many years was a teacher of public schools in La Grange county.

High School. In 1895 he entered St. Mary's Institute, Dayton, Ohio, in which institution he graduated in the scientific department in 1899. In 1899 he entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1902. He was admitted to the bar in the State of Michigan in the same year, and in the spring of 1902 went to North Dakota where he was examined by the Supreme Court of that state and admitted to the bar. He practiced in North Dakota during the summer of 1902, and in the fall of the same year he returned to Indiana, located in South Bend and practiced law in partnership with A. I. Field until the year of 1904. Since 1904 he has practiced by himself. In March, 1907, he was married to Miss Nellie Eshelman, a native of La Grange county, and since that time has lived with his wife and mother in South Bend.

He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 45, F. & A. M., the South Bend Humane Society and Crusade Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and is well known throughout the city.

WiLBERT Ward, a lawyer of South Bend in the vigorous prime of early middle life, has achieved high standing in his profession and is also an influential Republican. He has won a most substantial reputation as both advocate and counselor, this dual achievement implying and demanding qualities of eloquence and brilliancy as well as of broad knowledge of the law and solid common sense. All of these Mr. Ward possesses; hence his continuous progress and present standing.

Wilbert Ward is a native of St. Joseph county, his birth occurring April 29, 1861, and his parents were George and Jane (Cobb) Ward, both natives of the county and long residents of Clay township. The paternal grandfather, George Ward, settled in this region about 1837, and resided there until his death in the spring of 1885. The son of George Ward and father of Wilbert, also George by name, is a farmer by occupation, as he always has been, and by his wife (nee Jane Cobb) became the father of the following children : Wilbert, Albert, Cora, the wife of Richard Hicks ; Mertie and Grace.

AVilbert AVard, the eldest child of the above named family, attended the public and high schools of Mishawaka until he was thirteen years of age, when he removed on to a farm which his father had purchased and was also trained to the useful and health-giving labors of agriculture. His industry and intelligent application at school enabled him to enter the ranks of pedagogy at the early age of seventeen, his services embracing Dutch Island School of Penn township and Stover school of Clay township. The latter was his home district and he had among his pupils his own brothers and sisters. In the fall of 1880 he matriculated at De Pauw University, and the succeeding winter taught a term of school in Portage township, after which he returned to the university and completed his collegiate studies in June, 1884. He was principal of the Clayton High School of Hendricks county in the winter of 1884-5, and in the following summer commenced the study of the law iu the office of Williamson & Daggy of Greencastle. Indiana. The next winter he completed his law course at De Pauw University, and almost immediately afterward commenced his duties as principal of the high school at Anderson, Indiana, and continued in that position until June, 1888.

From the above mentioned date, Mr. Ward has been a resident and a progressive practicing attorney of South Bend, and is firmly placed among the leading lawyers of the St. Joseph county bar. He has also been prominently identified with the internal revenue service of his district, and has served with credit as a state representative.

Mr. Ward's wife was formerly Miss Alice Chearhart. of Anderson, Indiana, by whom he has had one child, Wilbert. The parents are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Aside from his general practice Mr. Ward has long been the attorney of the Workingmen's Loan Association. His strict principles of personal honor, as well as his professional ability, make him an especially prominent and valuable factor in the stability and progress of all such associations.

Vitus George Jokes. During the four years which marks the period of Mr. Jones' professional career he has met with gratifying success, and is known as a man of high attainments and practical ability as a lawyer. He was born on a farm in Cass county, Michigan, June 15, 1879, a son of Thomas P. Jones, a native of Ireland. When but seven years of age, however, the father was brought by his parents to the United States, the family home being established in Michigan. Mr. Jones became very well known for his literary ability. and for many years taught school in Willow

Springs, Illinois, and was also connected with the Englewood Normal School. He then embarked in business in Chicago, but his love for a country life impelled him to return to Michigan and engage in farming, and he still makes his home in that state and carries on his agricultural pursuits. He has been prominent in public life as well as in business circles, and is leaving the impress of his individuality for good upon many lines of progress and advancement in his conununity. He married Catherine Callinane, who was born in Michigan of Irish parents.

Their son, Vitus G. Jones, received the rudiments of his excellent education in the country schools of Michigan, and in 1894 he entered Notre Dame University, where he studied English and law. remaining there for nine years and receiving the degrees of LL. B. and Lift. B. He was graduated in law in 1903 and immediately opened an office for the practice of his profession in South Bend, being associated with F. M. Jackson for one and a half years, since which time he has remained alone. In January, 1905, he was appointed by the county commissioners as a justice of the peace. The following year, 1906, he formed a partnership with D. D. Bates, which continued until the firm of Howell, Bates, Elliott & Jones was formed in May, 1907, of which firm he is a member. As a lawyer Mr. Jones has won rank among the leading members of the bar of Indiana, and in addition to his large legal practice he is also interested in the real estate business with H. A. Tohulka, the latter conducting that part of the business.

Mr. Jones was married on the 5th of November, 1903, to Miss Mary Morley, daughter of James Morley, of South Bend. In his fraternal relations, Mr. Jones is a member of the Knights of ColumbiLS, the Knights of Equity and the Maccabees. He gives his political support to the Republican party, and is accorded a prominent position at the Indiana bar.

Frank H. Dunnahoo. One of the rising young men of South Bend is Frank H. Dunnahoo, a representative of the bar of St. Joseph county. He is conscientious, prompt and thoroughly reliable, and has won the praise and regard of all with whom he has had dealings. He is a native son of this county, his birth having occurred on the 5th of April, 1873. His father. Griffin S. Dunnahoo, has been for many years a prominent factor in the aii'ric'ultural interests of St. Joseph county. Reliability in all trade transactions, loyalty to all duties of citizenship, fidelity in the discharge of every trust reposed in him, these are his chief characteristics, and through the passing years they have gained for him the unqualified confidence and respect of his fellow townsmen.

The public schools of St. Joseph county furnished Frank H. Dunnahoo with his elementary educational training, while his professional studies were pursued in the University of jMichigan, from which he graduated in the law department in 1894, and in the same year he opened an office in South Bend for the practice of his profession. During his first six years in practice he was associated with the Hon. A. L. Brick, but during the past six years he has been alone. He is a rising young man in the profession, popular and respected by all with whom he has had dealing's, and his prestige at the bar of St. Joseph county stands in evidence of his ability and likewise serves as a voucher for intrinsic worth of character. He gives his political allegiance to the Democratic party, and has for a number of years acceptably filled the office of city attorney of South Bend. In his social relations he is a member of the Indiana Club, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias.

Demas D. Bates. Honored and respected by all, Demas D. Bates has been for a niunber of years prominently connected with the bar of St. Joseph county, while during this time he has also been identified w'ith its public affairs. Throughout the entire period of his residence here he has been actively interested in all measures advanced for the good of the people, and has performed his full share in the development and improvement of the city.