St. Joseph County, Indiana - The City of South Bend, 1907 (part 7 of 11)

Mr. Bates was born near Liberty, St. Joseph county, Indiana, November 4, 1865, a son of Cahdn Bates, a farmer by occupation. The son spent the period of his boyhood and youth on his father's farm and in attendance at the district school near his home, and thereafterward for nine years he was a member of the teacher's profession. While thus engaged he was also at intervals a student in the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso, Indiana, from which he was graduated in the law department in May, 1893, and in the same year he came to South Bend and opened an office for the practice of his chosen profession. He continued alone in his practice until September. 1899, when he formed a partnership with Hon. A. L. Brick, the firm being known as Brick & Bates. In 1898, Mr. Bates accepted the position of referee in bankruptcy for the Thirteenth district, which was tendered him by Judge Baker of the United States District Court, but this position he resigned in 1899 to enter a partnership with Mr. Brick. In December, 1899, Mr. Bates was the choice of his fellow citizens for the office of county attorney, and held this position until 1906, when he resigned to become postmaster of South Bend. He took charge of the postoffice April 1, 1906. ana during the short period he held the office he obtained a business-like grasp of the situation which caused him to introduce methods and outline a policy that greatly increased the efficiency of the office.

In April, 1907, Mr. Bates found it necessary to relinquish the office of postmaster on account of pressure of other opportunities and his desire to accept them. He resigned the office of postmaster to take effect June 30, 1907, and entered into a law partnership with Hon. M. L. Howell, Hon. Gilbert A. Elliott, and Vitus G. Jones under the firm name of Howell, Bates, Elliott. & Jones. The firm holds first rank Avith those of the central west, and occupies offices in the American Building, which are fitted up in the most modern style.

Mr. Bates has ever taken an active interest in politics as a Republican, and in the 1898 campaign, he was a member of the Republicaij Central Committee for the Thirteenth district, while in 1900 and 1902 he was treasurer of the Central Committee. He is a bright and skillful lawyer, and has been a faithful public servant, and is enjoying the confidence of all with whom he has business or private relations.

Hon. Gilbert A. Elliott. The name of Gilbert A. Elliott figures conspicuously upon the legislative page of the history of Indiana. An enumeration of the men of the present generation who have won public recognition for themselves and at the same time have honored the county and the state to w'hich they belong, would be incomplete without prominent reference to the one whose name introduces this review. He is serving his second term as a member of the state legislature, where he has ever manifested deep interest in those questions which are to the statesman, as to the man of affairs, of vital importance to the commonwealth and the nation. While he has not been without the personal ambition which is the spur of -energy and without w^hich little would be accomplished in life, his patriotic attachment to his country is even greater, and he has ever placed her good before selfaggrandizement. Thus over his public career there falls no shadow of wrong, and, while he has awakened envy and criticism such as always come to the man who figures prominently before the public, the citizens who know him bast have manifested their confidence in his worth and work by re-electing him to represent them in the council chambers of the state.

Mr. Elliott is a splendid example of the brilliant y*t enduring stock of English-Irish ancestry transplanted to American soil and subjected to the broadening influences of western education and training. He has left nothing to chance, and taken nothing for granted except that he could never expect to reach a given point in his career without fighting obstacles and struggling over difficulties, continuously and persistently. The decided ground which he has thus gained, although of unnsual extent for one of his years, has been held wnth determination, but, from the verv nature of his character, with no indication of overweening pride. He is a native of South Bend, born on the 11th of October, 1879, a son of Gilbert L. and Anna (IMcElroy) Elliott, the latter being born in Ireland. The paternal grandfather was a captain in the English army, stationed in India, where the father of Gilbert A. was born. The family afterward removed to Canada, and in 1870, after remaining there for a number of years, come to South Bend. The father, Gilbert L. Elliott, died in this city in 1893.

Gilbert A. Elliott has spent his entire life in the city of his nativity, is indebted to its public schools for his early literary training and is a gi-aduate of its high school, class of 1898. Subsequently he pursued a higher course in the Universitv of Michigan, and in 1903 graduated from the law department of that institution. After his admission to the bar ]\Ir. Elliott entered the office of Wilbert Ward, of South Bend, but in 1904 began the practice of his chosen profession alone. He early took an interest in public C|uestions and as they were discussed and manipulated mainly through political parties he naturally drifted into politics. x\.s it is quite foreign to his nature to take any but an active part in anything which occupies his attention, he soon became recognized as a remarkablv clearheaded and influential Republican, and after his admission to the bar his old friends at once saw that he would make a very useful legislator. In 1904, therefore, before he had fairly entered practice, he was elected to the legislature from his home city, and so fulfilled the public expectations as to his faithfulness and ability that he was re-elected in 1906.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Elliott is identified with the Masonic order, Lodge No. 294, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and socially is a member of the Commercial-Athletic Club. While unassuming and companionable, he is at the same time a well read and substantial lawyer and a practical man of atfairs. straightforward and determined. At an age w^hen most young men are unknown to but a very limited circle, Mr. Elliott has achieved a firm public standing, and his merits are freely recognized, not only at home, but in other sections of the state. He is a fine type of the progressive American citizen- - enterprising in business, deeply interested in the current political situation, and, whatever his position, defending it with the same zeal with which he fosters his private affairs. In every sense he Ls intensely, yet broadly, American.

George E. Clarke. The histoiy of a city, county or state, as well as that of a nation, is chiefly the chronicle of the lives and deeds of those who have conferred honor and dignity upon society. The world judges the character of a community by that of its representative citizens, and yields its tribute of admiration and respect for the genius, learning, labor or virtue of those whose work and actions constitute the record of a state's prosperity and pride : and it is in the character, as exemplified in probity and benevolence, kindly virtues and integrity in the affairs of life, that we are afforded worthy examples of emulation and valuable l&ssons of incentive.

Among the men whose impress of individuality is felt upon the city of South Bend, Indiana, Avhose efforts have promoted its welfare and progress, none are more worthy of mention in the volume than George Edmond Clarke, whose success at the bar classes him among the foremost members of the legal fraternity of the state of Indiana, and who has directed his efforts along lines demanding strong mentality and keen discernment that continued progression has followed as a logical sequence. As an exponent of the law he has manifested a strength that shows comprehen- sive familiarity with the great judicial principles involved ; and yet his powers have not so concentrated along one line of thought as to produce the abnormal development that so often is misconstrued as genius. On the contrary, his is an evenly balanced mind that has found scope for activity in literary, fraternal and social circles. Nor has he been remiss in that citizenship which takes cognizance of the great questions alfecting the welfare of the country, and lends hearty co-operation to the movements for municipal improvement and advancement.

George E. Clarke Jias been practicing law at South Bend since 1890. In recognition of his legal ability and sterling worth as a citizen, the people of the county elected him twice to the olBee of prosecuting attorney. In this office he added numerous laurels to his success in criminal law. Though an active member of the St. Joseph county bar, Mr. Clarke is, perhaps, best known to the younger generation of lawyers, in this county and elsewhere, as a lecturer on legal subjects. He has taught in the law department of Notre Dame University and is a well known lecturer on historical and legal subjects. At a recent meeting of the State Bar Association at Indianapolis, he delivered an address which was widely and favorably commented upon and which gave him general recognition as one of the able public speakersi of the west. When the American Bar association met in Saratoga. New York, he was one of the three delegates from Indiana, and was elected by his fellow delegates as a member of the council for the state.

A man of exceptional attainments in vari- ous fields of effort, Mr. Clarke has had a varied career, though his endeavors have been applied in one general direction ever since he attained manhood. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 8, 1860, he was the son of a railroad ,and steamboat official whose home was at that place. Both parents, INIatthew and Ellen Clarke, were natives of Ireland. He is a graduate of the public schools. During his earlier years he had experience in various capaicities, at one time being private secretary of the president of the M. & 0. railroad and later a newspaper reporter. For sometime he was in the employ of the Studebaker Brothers of South Bend. He soon gained the prestige that comes through the recognition of ability, and, moreover, as a young man with a reputation to make, he displayed the unremitting industry and energy without which success in any walk of life is impossible. His college training and experience were received in several of the foremost schools of the country, namely, St. Vincent's College, Cornell University, the University of Michigan and Notre Dame University. He thoroughly informed himself concerning great judicial principles involved and his preparation of cases has always been most thorough and exhaustive. Notre Dame University has conferred upon him the degree of LL.B., B.A. and M.A. The University of Michigan made him a Master of Laws.

He is one of the best known officials of the order of Knights of Columbus of Indiana, being a district deputy, and in the interests of this order, as well as a lawyer, he is known outside of the state, w^here he has conferred the degree of the order and has lectured in its interests. He is also a member of the Indiana State Bar and the American Bar Associations. He is an active member of the Catholic church.

Mr. Clarke is an influential Republican and has advocated the doctrines of the party from the platform in many campaigns, setting forth the real issues before the people in, a concise, logical and forcible manner that carries conviction to the minds of his auditors. He was honored by being appointed a member of the reception committee to receive Vice-President Fairbanks in Chicago in March, 1907.

Mr. Clarke married in 1887, Miss Mamia Giddings. At her death she left two children. His present wife was Miss Mary Vanderhoof, of South Bend, Indiana.

Thomas W.^ Slick. The law has ever called into the circles of its devotees the brightest minds, the most gifted sons of the nation. The keen intellect is sharpened by its clash with others as brilliant, and gains thereby an added strength and power. A prominent representative of the bar of St. Joseph county is Thomas W. Slick, who is a native son of South Bend, born on the 5th of July, 1869. His father, Thomas J. Slick, is a native of Ohio, but came to St. Joseph county, Indiana, in the early '50s, when a young man, and was thereafter engaged in business in South Bend for a number of years. In 1876, however, he took up his abode upon a farm, and from that time until 1886 was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, but for a number of years past he has been promiuently engaged in the laundry business in this city. His life has been one of untiring activity, and he is now numbered among the honored pioneers who aided in laying the foundation on which to erect the superstructure of St. Joseph county's present prosperity and progress. His wife bore the maiden name of Laura Ann Whitteu, she being a daughter of President Whitten, of South Bend.

Thomas W. Slick, whose name introduces this review, received his early educational training in the public schools of South Bend, graduating from its high school in 1889, and he thereafter taught school for tW'O years. On the expiration of that period he entered upon the study of the profession which he had determined to make his life work, and in 1893 graduated in law^ and literature at the jNIichigan University at Ann Arbor. His preparation for the bar was thorough and comprehensive, and he w-as therefore ably fitted to open an office in South Bend and engage actively in practice. During the present year his brother was also athnitted to the bar and has been taken into partnership. Throughout the period of his majority Mr. Slick has been a zealous and efficient worker in the Republican party, and for four years he served as prosecuting attorney.

The marriage of Mr. Slick was celebrated in 1894, when iNIollie G. Falknor, of Covington, Ohio, became his wife, and they now have two sons, Glenn, born July 9, 1895, and Ralph, born September 29, 1896. In his fraternal relations Mr. Slick is a member of the ^Masonic order, lodge No. 294. of which he is a past master, and also a member of the Chapter and Knights Templar. Mr. Slick is accorded a prominent position at the Indiana bar, and his professional career is an htoor to the district which has honored him.

Jonathan P. Creed. The name of Jonathan P. Creed is inseparably associated with the history of jurisprudence in northern Indiana. He has not looked to public or official life for advancement, but has found it in the line of his chosen profession, wherein he has manifested ability of a superior order, and in the faithful performance of each day's duties in accordance w'ith the principles of the loftiest and most noble manhood.

Mr. Creed was born in Benton, Yates county. New York, on the 2d of December, 1844, his father, AVilliani H. Creed, being a wtII known contractor and builder of that city. During his early manhood the son Jonathan attended Genesee Wesley an Seminary at Lima, New York, and at the age of seventeen years he offered his services to the Union cause in her efforts to overthrow the South, enlisting in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, and was sent to the front. His regiment w^as attached to the Army of the Potomac, being a part of the Second Army Corps commanded by General W. S. Hancock. The One Hundred and Twenty-sixth was one of the famous "three hundred fighting regiments," and young Jonathan saw' much arduous service, as his command took part in all the battles and skirmishes in which the Army of the Potomac participated. On the 4th of July, 1863, at Gettysburg, he was shot through the side and right arm. He w'as a brave and fearless soldier and suffered many hardships and privations for his country's cause.

The year 1868 witnessed the arrival of ]\Ir. Creed in South Bend, where he began the study of law in the office of J. B. Arnold, with whom he afterwards formed a partnership. In 1881 he began the practice of law alone, but since 1897 he has had associated with him his daughter, Miss Alice M. Creed, who is a graduate of the South Bend high school in the class of 1892. She pursued her law studies at the I^niversity of Indianapolis, graduating in 1897, and was admitted to practice before the supreme court of Indiana. Her mother, nee Lucretia Miller, is a daughter of Solomon Miller, of South Bend. Mr. Creed is a member of Auten Post, No. 8, G. A. R.. of which he served as commander for three years. For many years he has been accorded a prominent position at the Indiana bar, and he and his popular and gifted daughter form a strong combination.

Francis E. Lambert. Many years have passed and gone since the family to which this Avell known lawyer belongs became identified with St. Joseph county, and its various members have w^on for the name an enviable distinction by their intelligence and worth. This high reputation is in no way diminished in this generation, and Francis E. Lambert, w^ho is numbered among the leading members of the bar in St. Joseph county, displays in a marked degree the admirable characteristics which the name suggests.

1860, a son of Oliver C. and Ellen (McMullen) Lambert, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Henry county, Indiana, born November 27, 1825. In their family were ten children, seven sons and three daughters, of whom five are now living. The father was born in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1818, and as early as 1835 cast in his lot with the early pioneers of the Hoosier State. For many years after his arrival he cOiidueted a cooper shop in South Bend, and in 1853 purchased the farm in Warren townsiiip on which his remaining days were spent, passing away in 1872, when one more name was added to the list of honored dead whose earthly record closed with the words, "Well done.'"'

Francis E. Lambert obtained his early educational training in the schools of old St. Joseph county, this being later supplemented by attendance at the Northern Indiana Nor- ]iial College at V/a.lparaiso, Indiana, from which he graduated with the class of 1884. For twelve years thereafter he was numbered among the prominent and efficient teachers of the county, and was also connected with the South Bend Commercial College as principal of the business department. During all this time his ambitions had been to become a lawyer, and as a means to that end he pursued a course in the law department of the Valparaiso College. After his admission to the bar in 1891 he immediately began the pi-actice of his chosen profession in South Bend, and for a number of years thereafter was in partnership with F. M. Jackson, but is now alone. He is recognized as a man of exceptional attainments and mental culture, and his success has made him one of the leaders of the South Bend bar. He advocates the principles of the Eepublican party, and for two terms, 1894-1898, was a member of the state legislature. Prior to that time St. Joseph and Laporte counties formed one .iudicial district, and during his terra in office Mr. Lambert introduced and had passed a bill making this county the circuit. He was also appointed referee in bankruptcy in 1898, .and is now filling that position.

On the 12th of February. 1904. :\Ir. Lambert was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Gee, a native of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. His first marriage, however, was celebrated in 1891, when Mary E. Moomaw, of South Bend, became his wife. One daughter, Mildred, was born of this union on the 13th of July,

1893. In his fraternal relations Mr. Lambert is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Will G. Crabill was born iu Wabash, Indiana, September 22, 1869. He came of sturdy Hoosier parentage, his grandfather, Michael R. Crabill, who died at Wabash in November, 1906, having been one of the pioneers of Wabash county and a prominent factor iu its history. He held many offices of public trust, and had the distinction of being the first Democratic mayor ever elected in the city of Wabash, and that in the face of a large political m/ajority. ^ Charles B., eldest sou of Michael R. Crabill, and father of W. G. Crabill, is a veteran of the Civil War. He married Julia Ann Guin, a native of Howard county, Indiana, in 1866. He removed to South Bend with his family in 1882 and entered the employ of the Studebaker Brothers' Mianufacturing Company as lumber buyer and inspector.

Will G. Crabill at once entered the public schools of South Bend and graduated from the high school in 1888. At this time he received his first public recognition, his high standing entitling him to the only honor then in the gift of the high school, - a scholarship to Wabash College. Immediately after his graduation he entered the employ of Hon. .Andrew Anderson, the leading lawyer of the St. Joseph county bar, of South Bend, Indiana, land began the study of law. In 1890 and 1891 he took a special course in law at the University of Michigan. Returning he re-entered the office of Mr. Anderson, who was then associated with James DuShane. and in the same year was admitted to the bar.

Mr. Anderson was doing an excellent class of business and so much of it that he was working da,y and night. So the boy did not spend much time in cutting his legal teeth on the rubber ring of trivial business that usually falls to the infant lawyer, but was put to the bone of real work. He w^as alert and self-reliant, and depended not upon luck, but upon studious and thorough preparation to win his cases, and he rapidly developed a precocious ability to "deliver the goods."

In the year 1893 he married Laura C. Jones. They have two daughters. In 1897 he became a member of the firm, which then rpad Anderson, DuShane & Cra.biH. In 1906 Mr. DuShane, who had devoted his time ex- cliisively to patent business, formally retired from the firm. The Hon. Samuel Parker, formerly of Marshall county, came to South Bend and became associated with Mr. Anderson and Mr. Crabill, the tirm style now bein^' Anderson, Parker & Crabill. Mr. Anderson has reached the contemplative, philosophic age, and has withdrawn from active practice, willing, as he says, to "let the boys do the work." This is what Mr. Crabill has always been doing. How well he is doing it the records of St. Joseph county show. He is helping make the current history of the county and is bearing the brunt of a large number of its most important legal battles. He and his firm represent large corporate interests, being attorneys for the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, Studebaker Brothers' Manufacturing Company, St. Joseph County Savings Bank, Vanclalia Railroad Company, and many concerns less powerful, but have never turned a deaf ear to the impecunious client with a meritorious case.

Mr. Crabill has been too deeply engrossed in business and study to attain any- great social prominence. He lives in a quiet, unpretentious way. He is affiliated with a number of fraternal organizations, but is content with the position of lay member in most of them. In Masonic circles he is well known, having held successive posts of honor, culminating with the office of Eminent Commander of South Bend Commandery No. 13, Knights Templar.

He has a host of friends. He is still young, his practice is clean, his methods are vigorous and straightforward, and his ideals are high. He has a future more brilliant than his past.

Hon. Lucius Hubbard. Occupying a high place among the leading law practitioners of St. Joseph county may be found the name of Hon. Lucius Hubbard. His entire life has been passed in the county, for his birth occurred within its borders in Olive township on the 7th of January, 1844. His parents, Ransom and JMariette (Whitlock) Hubbard, were natives respectively of Oneida and Delaware counties. New York. As early as 1835 the paternal grandfather of our sub.iect. Jonathan Hubbard, came from Oneida county a.nd settled within the borders of Olive township, St. Joseph county. Indiana, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. The life history of Ransom Hubbard was closely identified with the history of St. Joseph county, which was his home for many years, and through all that period he was closely allied with its interests and upbuilding. He, too, devoted his time to agricultural pursuits, and was of the highest type of business man. In his family were three sons, one of whom. Haven, now resides on the old homestead which has been in the possession of the family for three generations.

When fifteen years of age Lucius Hubbard, whose name introduces this review, entered Notre Dame University, where he received an excellent literary education, while his legal training was obtained in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in which he graduated with the class of 1866. In the same year he beg'an the practice of law in South Bend, where he has ever since been accorded a prominent position at the bar. his professional career being an honor to the district which has honored him. His superior ability has won him marked success in public life, and from 1871 until 1873 he served as a state senator, while from 1894 until 1900 he was circuit .judge. Professional eminence is an indication of individual merit, for in professional life advancement cannot depend upon outside influences or the aid of wealthy" friends; it comes a-s the reward of earnest, persistent labor and the exercise of natural talents, and for many years Judge Hubbard has been accorded a leading place at the Indiana bar.

The marriage of Judge Hubbard was celebrated in 1869, when Miss Mattie 0. Davis, a daug-hter of Joshua Davis of St. Joseph county, became his wife. One son has been born to them, Arthur, a bright young lawyer who is in partnership with his father. Ho also graduated from the University of Michigan and from Harvard law school. In his fraternal relations the .judge is a member of the ^lasonic order of St. Joseph county.

Andrew Anderson. There is no nationality more honored in the United States or which has been of more practical strength, value and utility than the Scotch. Intensely honoi^able. and ever having a clear comprehension of the ethics of life the Scotch have wielded a wide influence, and this service cannot but be held in high estimation by those who appreciate true worth and true advanr^pment. Although a native of Whiteball. Washinp-fon countv. New York, born October 6. 1830. ^Ir. Anderson is a descendant of Scotland, for his father, Andrew Anderson, was a native of Dundee of that country, born in 1779. When twenty-three years of age he came to the United States, taking up his abode in Washington county, New York, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. His death occurred in 1870. He married Lucinda Groodrich, of an old New England family.

Andrew Anderson,- Jr., attended Union College of Schenectady, New York, and graduated from the Albany Law School in 1856. He at once came to South Bend, and on the 1st of January, 1856, opened a law office in this city, where he 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 many years, while for a long period he has also been the lecturer on law at Notre Dame University. He is a dean of the St. Joseph county bar, a forceful speaker before judge and jury .and is a man of the most sterling qualities of heart and mind. He is a true friend and an honorable opponent. For a number of years Mr. Anderson was in partnership with Thomas S. Stanfield, and he is now a member of the firm of Anderson, Parker & Crabill. His name* also stands conspicuously forth on the pages of Indiana's political history, and in 1862 he served as a member of the legislature. He was also the first man in St. Joseph county to offer his services to his country during the Civil war, becoming a member of Company I, Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served for three months.

In 1857 Mr. Anderson was married to ]\Iiss ]\Iary Chapin; a daughter of Horatio Chapin, a banker and an honored early settler of South Bend. Her death occurred in 1905, leaving two daughters, Mrs. Willis Putnam, of Massachusetts, and Emma, the wife of James DuShane, of South Bend. Mr. Andereon continues his connection with his old army comrades by his membership in the Grand Army of the Republic. He is independent in his political affiliations, and religiously is a member of the Presbyterian church.

John W. Kitch, a substantial and progressive lawyer of South Bend, residing at No. 906 East Da5d:on street, is a native of Indiana, born in Marshall county, June 8, 1866. Of his parents, Martin Van Buren and Amanda M. (Lehr) Kitch, his father was for many yeai-s engaged in his native county as a lumberman and farmer. He was proprietor of a saw mill, .and a man of substance and considerable prominence. The mother was born in Harris township, in the extreme northeastern part of St. Joseph county, and her father was one of the first to take up land in that section. Samuel Lehr became a settler of Harris township in the early thirties, and until his death was .a well known pioneer in the locality named.

Of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin V. Kitch two died in infancy, and John W. is the oldest of the five sons. His early education was obtained in the district schools of ^Marshall county, and he afterw^ard became a student in Valparaiso University, in - which he pursued both scientific and classical courses. His first intention was to enter the educational field and cultivate it permanently, and, judged by the progress he made in his early manhood, he would have acquired eminence there. After graduating from the Valparaiso University, he located in Holland, Michigan, where for two years he held the position of principal of the high school. Subsequently he was' an incumbent of the same position at Adair and Coon Rapids, both in Iowa. While thus engaged at the former place he commenced the study of the law in an attorney's office.

Having been admitted to the practice of his profession, in 1898 Mr. Kitch opened an office for practice at Bremen, Indiana, and engaged in professional labors at that place for three years. Early in 1901 he located at South Bend, and, with the exception of two years, when he was connected with the Lindon School, he has devoted himself to his chosen calling. He now has a profitable and hiyhgrade practice, .and is recognized as a leading lawyer and a valuable citizen.

On September 12, 1890, I\Ir. Kitch was married to Miss Ida Simpson, the ceremony occurring at the home of her parents in Fowler, Indiana. Mi^. Kitch is a native of Tippecanoe county, that state, and she was raised to useful womanhood in the locality of her birth. Her father, Jeremiah Simjison, w^as long the foreman for Closes Fowler, a millionaire farmer of that county. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kitch have two children - Lorene and Donnell. Politically ]\Ir. Kitch is a Democrat, .and is an active and effective party worker. His fraternal connections are with

Cyrus E. Pattee. During tlie past eight years Cyrus E. Pattee has been engaged in the practice of law in St. Joseph county. 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 casas, and conscientiously adheres to the spirit as well as the letter of the law. He was born in Kankakee county, Illinois on the 25th of February, 1870. a son of Cyrus and Nancy E. (Fleming) Pattee. the former a native of the state of New York and the latter of LaGrange, Indiana. In the year 1845 the father established his home in Illinois, where both he and his wife are still living, enjoying the comforts which many years of earnest and pei-sistent labor have brought to them.

The elementary educational training of Cyrus E. Pattee was received in his native county of Kankakee, after which he completed the scientific course in the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso, Indiana, graduating yviih the class of 1893. For one year thereafter he was engaged in the study of law in the University of JMichigan at Ann Arbor, and in 1898 graduated from the law department of the University of Colorado, at Boulder, that state. In the same year he began the practice of his chosen profession in South Bend, remaining alone until 1901. when he formed the partnershij) with ]\Iiller Guy which still exis'ts, and the firm of Guy & Pattee has gained a high reputation throughout St. Joseph county. Mr. Pattee gives his political support to the Republican party, and was its nominee for the office of prosecuting attorney in 1906. His finst political work was in the Blaine campaign, when he was a member of the School Bo.ys' :Marching Club of Yellowhead town.ship. Kankakee county, Illinois. He is an indefatigable and earnest worker, and he is proficient in every department of the law. Before taking np the practice of the law he also attained distinction in educational fields, having been principal of the Grant Park high school of Grant Park. Illinois.

Mr. Pattee married Miss Elizabeth :\Iiller Creed, a daughter of J. P. Creed, whose history appears elsewhere in this volume. This union has been blessed with two children: Edwin John, born December 13. 1902. and Robert Stuart, born in May, 1905.

IMiLLER Guy, a prominent attorney of South Bend, Indiana, and well known throughout this section of the state among the younger representatives of the bar, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the 13th of December. 1870. His"^ parents, S. L. and Agnes A. (^Miller) Guy, were natives respectively of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and Brook county. West Virginia. The father removed to Kansas in 1887, where he was engaged in farming and stock-raising, and there his life's labors were ended in death in 1896.

Miller Guy attended the public schools of his native county and also Bethany College, West Virginia, in which he was graduated in 1889 with the degree of B. A. He also graduated in law from the I^niversity of ^Michigan in 1895, and after working for one year in Ohio, he came to South Bend, arriving here on the 1st of November, 1896, and from that time until April. 1901, he practiced alone, but then formed a partnership with C. E. Pattee, the name of Guy & Pattee being well known in the northern portion of Indiana. ^Ir. Guy has won prominence at the bar of South Bend, and has been connected with much important litigation, while at the same time he has inade a specialty of drainage law. and is looked upon as an authority on that particular branch on account of the success which has attended his efforts in its practice. His activity in political lines has connected him with much campaign work, and he is recognized as a Republican leader in this section of the state.

^Ir. Guy is also a prominent worker in the Young ]\Ien's Christian Association, having done nuieh valuable and voluntary work for the organization, and was president of the board of directors for two yeai-s. also chairman of the executive committee and a member of the building committee.

Wladyslav^ Alex Grzesk, a prominent attorney of South Bend, is known as a man of high attainments and practical ability as a lawyer. He was born in Portage township, St. Joseph county, Indiana, June 4, 1880, a son of Thomas and Anthony Grzesk, both natives of Poland, but who came to this country in 1873 and located in South Bend. In 1885 they took up their abode on an eighty acre farm ten miles west of this city, their first home being a little log cabin, and on this (^Id home farm the father still resides, but th? mother died on the 7th of June, 1906. In

Wladyslaw A. Orzesk, the third child and second son in order of birth, spent the early years of his life on the homestead, attending the district schools .and also the South Bend public schools until seventeen years of age, when he began traveling for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, his territory extending over northern Indiana and southern ]\Iichigan. After remaining with this company about one year he pursued a course in the South Bend Commercial College. In April. 1901. however, he returned to the Mc- Cormick Harvesting Company, but on the 1st of October following became a student in the law department of the Valparaiso college, completing the course and graduating in 1904. All during his vacations, however, he continued with hi.s old employers, the Mc- Cormick Company, but since 1904 he has given his entire time and attention to his law practice, his prestige at the bar of South Bend standing in evidence of his ability and likewise serves as a voucher for intrinsic worth of character. ]\Ir. Grzesk is a member of the Polish Turners Association, is a stockholder in the Jan III Sobiski Building and Loan Association, and is also extensively interested in real estate operations, handling much valuable property. As a Eepublican he has taken an active part in the public life of his community, and at one time was a candidate for the office of justice of the peace.

On the 6th of June, 1905, Mr. Grzesk was united in marriage to ]\Iartha (rierzk, and their only daughter is Jeneva. He is a splendid example of the boys who have educated themselves and secured their own start in life, and as the record of a young man it is one of which he may .justly be proud.

A. McMinj:.EN Creed. None of the young and progressive attorneys of St. Joseph county have a brighter outlook than A. McM. Creed, of South Bend, a partner of Herbert D. Warner, with convenient offices in the Jefferson building. He is a native of Sinclair\'ille. New York, born January 20. 1879, and is the son of Rev. Edward K. and Fannie (^McIMullen) Creed. His father, long an honored figure in the Methodist ministry, was born in New York state, and his mother was a native of Warren. Pennsylvania. In their familv of three children he is the only son and the oldest.

A. McMullen Creed received his preparatory education in the high school of Southiugton, Connectii^ut, and .afterward pursued an academic course at Pennington, New Jersey. After leaving school in 1900 he became a clerk in a New York law office, and in the spring of the following year came to South Bend to study his profession under the guidance of his uncle, J. P. Creed. He was about a year in his olfice, when he entered the law department of the Maryland University at Baltimore. After his graduation therefrom he returned to South Bend, and since July, 1904, has practiced with ability and increasing reputation.

Mr. Creed was married October 10. 1906, to Miss Winifred Purshall, a native of Erie, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the college fraternity Kappa Sigma, and while a college student at Pennington, New Jersey, was a leading athlete. He has retained his enthusiasm .and skill for all forms of exercise, and at one time was director of the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium at South Bend, holding a similar position at ^lishawaka. Politically Mr. Creed is a Republican of firm convictions, and, fraternally, a Mason in good standing.

George G. Feldman. The name of George G. Feldman is inscribed on the pages of St. Joseph county's history in connection with the records of her jurisprudence, and he is also accounted one of the political leaders of this section of the state. He was born in Marshall county, Indiana, Jiuie 27, 18(jl, a son of August .and Barbara (Michael) Feldnum, the former a native of Altendorf, Grand Duchy of Hesse, born September 1. 1821, and the latter of Bavaria, Germany, and both are now prominent old residents of South Bend. In 1848 the father came to the United States and settled in Greenville, Ohiti. and was there married December 26, 1849. Tliat city continued to be his home for six years, and on the expiration of that period, in 1854, he took up his abode within the borders of Indiana, the first year in this state being spent in Elkhart county. He then settled in the woods near Bremen, where he erected a log cabin and engaged in agricultural pursuits. To establish a home amid sucli sui'i'ouiuling as he here encountered and to cope with the many privations and hardships which were the inevitable concomitants, dcnmnded an invincible courage and fortitude, strong hearts and willing hands. All these were characteristics of the pioneers, whose names and deeds should be held in perpetual reverence by those who enjoy the fruits of their toil. So well did he succeed in his business ventures that in 1900 Mr. Feldman was enabled to lay aside the active duties of a business life, and removed to Bourbon, Marshall county, Indiana, while in 1906 he came to South Bend, where he and his wife are now enjoying the reward of their former toil, surrounded by the many luxuries which a life of industry has brought to them.

George G. Feldman received his elementary educational training in the schools of Marshall county, and after completing his studies therein he was engaged in teaching from 1879 until 1889. In 1889 he entered upon a course in the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso, Indiana, now the University of Valparaiso, graduating in the next year with the degree of B. S., and two years later, in 1892, graduated in law and classics with the degrees of A. B. and LL. B. On May 18th of the latter year he was granted a life state teacher's certificate on examination on twenty-four subjects, and this he prizes very highly, as such documents are very rare. In August, 1892, "Sir. Feldman took up his abode in South Bend and commenced the practice of law. His prestige at the bar of St. Joseph county stands in evidence of his ability, and he has used his intellect to the best purpose. He is also accounted one of the leaders of Democracy in this section of the state, and was a candidate for the legislature in 1894, while from 1896 until 1898 he was chairman of the County and City Democratic Committees. In 1902 he was elected city judge, the duties df which he discharged with such ability that in 1905 he. was re-elected for another term of four years, by an increased majority of over two hundred votes. "Wliat higher testimonial of his able service on the bench could be given than the fact of his long continuance thereon ?

On the 27th of June, 1897, Judge Feldman was married to Miss Louise A. Wenger, a daughter of Gustavus Wenger, a manufacturer and a prominent early settler of South Bend, a well known and highly respected business man of this city for many years. This union has been blessed with three children: Horace W., born March 20, 1899; Earl R., born September 12. 1900; and George G., Jr., born January 26, 1904. Judge Feldman has been identified with the Ma.sonic order for sixteen years, a member of Lodge No.

Hon. E. Volney Bingham. Everywhere in our land are found men who have worked their own way from humble beginnings to places of leadership and high esteem, and thus it has been with the eminent member of the bar of St. Joseph county, E. Volney Bingham, in whose life history many useful lessons may be gleaned. He is a native son of Penn township of this county, born August 1, 1844. his parents being Alfred and Ann (Miller) Bingham. The father, a native of New York, took up his abode in St. Joseph county in an early day, and was for many years associated with the St. Joseph Iron Works.

E. Volney Bingham attended during his ho.yhood days the public school near his home, and after the completion of his studies became an employe in the furniture factory. In his early youth he had a desire to become a member of the legal profession, and had made up his mind to enter upon the study of law, but at the inauguration of the Civil war he put aside all personal considerations and enlisted for service in the Union cause, l)ecoming a member of Company G, Fortyeighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served throughout the entire struggle and was promoted to sergeant major of his regiment. After the close of his military careej* he returned to Mishawaka and for two years thereafter was employed as a clerk, and later became a traveling salesman. In the meantime Mr. Bingham had found time to gratify his old desire for the study of the law, and when he gave up his position on the road on account of ill health he was elected to the office of justice of the peace on the Democratic ticket, winning the election in a strong Republican township and continuing as its incumbent for twelve years. He was admitted to the bar of St. Joseph county in 1875, and at once began the battle for name and position, and from that time forward he has prospered. During Cleveland's administration he served as postmaster of Mishawaka. but higher honors awaited him and he was made a member of the state senate, 1892, for St. Joseph and Starke counties, succeeding Judge Howard, who was Dromoted to Judge of the Supreme Court. To this high position Mr. Bingham was returned in No- veniber, 1906, aud iu doing" so the Republican majority was revei-sed. During the sixty-fifth regular legislative session he has been a member of the Criminal Code Committee, Committee on Public Morals, Claims and Expenditures Committee, Constitutional Revision Committee, Natural Resources Committee, Supervision and Inspection of Journal. In the legislature of 1903 he was chairman of the Committee on State's Prisons. He was a member of the Committee on the Organizations of Courts, Fees and Salaries Committee, Labor and Labor Statistics Committee. Mr. Bingham was the Democratic candidate for judge in 1894, for St. Joseph and Laporte counties. Close study has given him keen insight into the important political problems, and he has thus been a valued factor in administering the affairs of the government.

In December, 1872, Mr. Bingham was united in marriage to Hattie E. Grimes, a daughter of Dr. Grimes, one of the old and well known physicians of Mishawaka. Foui' children have been 'born to bless their home. Joseph B. Arnold was born near Medina, Orleans County, New York, July 1, 1839. He attended an advanced school in South Bend, and then taught one term of school in Elkhart county, after which he went to Des Moines, where he clerked in his brother-inlaw's store until the breaking out of the w-ar, when at the first call for troops he enlisted for three months. He drilled with the company and was in readiness to start when word came that the quota was full, and the services of the company not accepted. He then returned to South Bend and soon turned his attention to the study of law, in the office of Judge Thomas S. S'tanfield, after which he attended a law school in Chicago and was admitted to the bar in South Bend in 1863, and engaged in practice. He soon commenced compiling an abstract of the titles to real estate of St. Joseph county. That he understood the business and spared no pains is attested to by the fact that the Arnold Abstracts always stand the test. For many years he devoted much time to the abstract business, but in 1902 he sold the abstracts, and since then has practiced law. when not busy attending to his private affairs, which take much of his time. With his sister, Mrs. Garrison, he occupies the beautiful homestead on West Jefferson street, purchased of his father in 1861. He cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln in 1860, and has been true to the principles of the Republican party since. He joined the Masonic Fraternity in about 1868.

Mr. Arnold is . unquestionably one of the most astute and painstaking lawyers of St. Joseph county, a constant student of men and affairs. His honorable means of adjusting the legal complications of his clients has won for him the confidence of the entire community. Endowed by nature with a sense of right and justice, he shuns all action that is to the detriment of his fellowmen, and squares his life by the Golden Rule. His courtesy, tact, consideration, and all-around good fellowship, have added to his appreeiators many warm and dependable friends.

Ralph H. Jernegan. Although a comparatively short time has elapsed since Ralph H. Jerneg'an began practice at the bar of Mishawaka his rise has been rapid, and he today occupies a leading position among the representatives of the legal profession in his district. His reputation has been won through earnest, honest labor, and his high standing is a merited tribute to his ability. His birth occurred in the city of Mishawaka on the 30th of August, 1877, his parents being Ed A. and Nannie C. (Sherman) Jernegan, whose history will be found on other pages in this work. Their son Ralph, the youngest of four children, two sons and two daughtei's. obtained his early literary education in the public schools of his native city, in which he was graduated in the high school with the class of 1897, and immediately thereafter he entered upon the study of the profession which he had chosen as a life work in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Close application characterized this period of his career, and at the time of his graduation in that high institution of learning in 1900 he had gained a broad general knowledge of jurisprudence. On the 3d of October, 1900, he opened his law office in Mishawaka. where for a time he was in partnership with Mr. Bingham, but since the severance of that relationship ha^s been alone. Although the duties of his profession have assumed extensive proportions he is also interested in many of the leading busines-s concerns of the city, being a stockholder in one of its leading banks, and is also interested in the Beiger Furniture Company of Mishawaka, in which he is now serving as secretary.

JerneKan and E.stella Frank, she being the daughter of Charles and Mary (Buekheit) Frank, whose history also appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. Jernegan is a member of the Masonic Order and the Knights of Pythias, No. 453, both of Mishawaka. In his political.connections he is a Republican, and takes a deep interest in the political questions which atfect the welfare of state and nation and mold the public policy. As its representative he has served as the township chairman of the central committee, also as first vice chairman of the county central committee, and for six years was deputy prosecuting attorney under Clark and Kurtz. He is a broad-minded, progressive man and public spirited citizen, and in all life's relations is found true to the duties of professional and social life which the day may bring forth.

Enos E. Long. The family of which the subject of this review is a representative is a pioneer one in St. Joseph county, for as early as 1837 Stephen ]\1. Long came from Ohio to Indiana and secured government land in Penn township, St. Joseph county. There he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1875. In that year he moved to Misha.waka. which continued as his home until his death in 1890, at the age of seventy-eight years. His name is deeply engTaved on the pages of St. Joseph county's history in connection with its public affairs of an early day. For a number of years he served as a member of the town board of Mishawaka. Mrs. Long bore the maiden name of Mary Eutzler. and was a native of Ohio. Her death occurred in 1865. when sixty years of age.

Enos E. Long, a son of this honored old pioneer couple, was engaged in farming from tbe time he completed his education in the country schools until he had reached his twenty-third year. His birth occurred in Penn township of this county, on the 28th of August. 1848. In 1873 he came to ]\Iishawaka and was in the employ of the Andrews School and Church Furniture Company four years, and then with the Perkins Company fourteen years. From 1888 until 1892 he served as a justice of the peace, to which office he was returned in 1898 for four years, and in 1906 he was again elected to that office for a period of four years. During this time Mr. Long also studied law, and in ]\Iarch. 1901. was admitted to the bar in South Bend. He bas gained distinction in his official and professional career, has been an earnest and discriminating student, and has drawn about him a circle of devoted friends.

On the 1st of December, 1870, Mr. Lon^- was united in marriage to jMaggie Householder, a native of Wood county, Ohio, and a daughter of John Householder. One son has been born of this union, Fred L.

John A. Hibberd is actively connected with a profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community, and which has long since been considered as conserving the public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual rights. His reputation as a lawyer has been won through earnest, honest labor, and his standing at the bar is a merited tribute to his ability. He now has a good practice and his careful preparation of cases is supplemented by a power of argument and forceful presentation of his points, in the court room, so that he seldom fails to impress court and jury.

The life history of Mr. Hibberd is closely identified with the annals of St. Joseph county, which has been his home for forty years. He is not alone a prominent representative of the bar of northern Indiana but is also a leading citizen and financier of this section of the state. He is a native of the Empire State, born in Syracuse November 12, 1855, a son of Joseph H. and Helen (Baldwin) Hibberd, also natives of that great commonwealth. -The father, whose birthday was January 19, 1827, is a retired farmer, making his home with his son, John A.

The public schools of South Bend furnished John A. Hibberd with the foundation of his education, and after mastering the elementary branches he completed a high-school course and then for a time taught school in the county. While thus engaged he decided upon the law as his life work, spending two years in the office of Arnold & Creed and then entering the Union College of Law. Chicago, from which he graduated in 1883 - William Jennings Bryan being a fellow student of the same class. Having thus thoroughly prepared himself to assume the active duties of his profession ]\Ir. Hibberd returned to South Bend, and has since practiced here, establishing himself both as a leading lawyer and a prominent man of affairs. He is an active supporter of Republican principles and policies, and was nominated by the party as prosecuting attorney many years ago, making the race with no hope of election.

Tlii'oughout the period of his ro^ideuce iu South Beiid he has been actively aud practically interested in public and progressive movements, having been for a number of years a member of the school board, one of the organizers of the Citizens' National Bank, of which he is the vice-president, and is also one of the founders and the vice-president of the Citizens' Loan. Trust aud Savings Com- I)any. ]\Ir. Ilibberd is also the proprietor of the Hibberd Printing Company.

In 1884, on the 8th of May, Mr. Hibberd ^va.^ united in marriage to ^liss ]\Iollie C. Corbett. a daughter of Charles Corbett. of Williams county. Ohio, and two children have been born of this union - Helen, in 1885, and ^Marjorie. in 1890. the former now a student in Smith College, Northampton. Massachusetts. Mr. Hibberd is a Mason, a member of the Royal Arch Chapter No. 29, and is identifie:! with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Elks and other societies. He ranks high at the bar and in political circles, and is altogether a most substantial and influential citizen. In a. more special and personal sense ^Ir. Hibberd is a broad-minded man. giving his chief attention to his business atfairs, but, nevertheless, finding opportunity to aid in the intellectual development and moral progress of the conuuunity, realizing the necessity of growth along these lines. As a man of unsw^erving integrity and honor, one who has a strong appreciation for the higher ethics of life, he has gained and retained the confidence and respect of his fellow men.

Harry Wair. A prominent representative of the younger members of the bar of this section of the state is Harry Wair. of South Bend who is also accounted one of the rising political leaders. He was born in LaPorte, Indiana, being a son of Andrew Jackson and Judith S. Wair. His rudimentary education was received in the. schools of his native city, after which he pursued a course in the University of ^Michigan at Ann Arbor, graduating from the law department of that university. He then returned to LaPorte and opened an office for the practice of his chosen profession, but a short time afterward came to South Bend and resumed the private practice of law. From the beginning of his career as a legal practitioner his efforts have been attended with success, for he has thorousrhlv mastered the science of jurisprudence and his deep research and thorough preparation of every case committed to his care enable him to meet at once any contingency that may arise. His ability has led to his selection for public honors, and during his residence in LaPorte county he was elected to the state legislature. Mr. Wair ranks high among the younger representatives of the bar and in political circles, and South Bend numbers hiuT among her leading and influential citizens.

Frank E. Herixg. In connection with both the industrial and political interests of northern Indiana the name of Frank E. Hering is well known and honored. He was born in Xorthiunberland county. Pennsylvania, on the 80th of April, 1871:, a son of Solomon and Mary (Neuer) Hering, both of German parentage. The father, also a native of Pennsylvania, now makes his home with his son in South Bend.

Frank E. Hering received an excellent educational training in his youth, having first attended the Williamsport. Pennsylvania, high school, in which he graduated in 1892, and during the following year was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. During the years of 1893-94-95 he attended the ITnivei'sity of Chicago and in 1896 was at Bucknell University in charge of athletics. He then came to Notre Dame as director of athletics, and there received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1898 and Bachelor of Laws in 1902. During the intervening period from 1898 until 1902 Mr. Hering taught history and English, being awarded the English medal in 1898. His broad intelligence, scholarly attainments and his full appreciation of the value of knowledge as a preparation for life's responsibilities made him an able educator. His name is also well known throughout northern Indiana in political circles, for in 1902 he was the Democratic nominee for Congress, two years later being renominated for that high official position, and although he declined to have his name used the party refused to accept his declination. At both elections he ran far ahead of his ticket, in 1904 reoeivinsr five thousand above the average vote. In 1902 Mr. Hering left Notre Dame and entered upon a connection with the ice business in the wholesale trade, as a member of the firm of Hering and Murphv. The name has become well known throughout this section of the state in business circles, and they have won an enviable success in this line of endeavor. Mr. Hering is also president of the State Association of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and was chairman of the building committee for their new hall in South Bend, one of the finest in the United States. He is also National Treasurer of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

In 1895, in Chicago, Mr. Hering was united in marriage to MLss Florence Madison Dalmond, a daughter of Charles M. Dalmond, of French descent and a resident of Chicago. Mr. Hering is a scholarly gentleman, a brilliant orator, a. prominent politician, courteous and popular, and his future is bright with promise.

Dr. J. M. Partridge, for nearly forty years a successful and honored practicing physician of South Bend, St. Joseph county, was born in Gustavus, Trumbull county, Ohio, May 17, 1835. and is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Bailey) Partridge. His father was a native of Connecticut, born in 1808, and when twelve years of age removed with his grandfather, Thomas, to the state of Ohio. His mother, a daughter of Iddo Bailey, was a native of Vermont, removed to the Buckeye State about 1825, and died in February, 1856. Thomas Partridge, his grandfather, served through the Revolutionary War, and participated in the engagement which resulted in the surrender of the British forces under Cornwallis.

During his early years Dr. Partridge lived on a farm, and received a good education in the district schools of his neighborhood. At the age of twenty he -began teaching in the winter months, assisting his father on the home farm in sununer. Thus he continued for three years, when, yielding to an earnest desire for a classical education, at the age of twenty-three he began his preparatory studies at Oberlin college. A stranger and without means he was obliged to find employment to support himself, and during the six years covering his preparatory and collegiate courses worked and studied far into the night of each day. During a part of this time he was employed as a teacher in the preparatory department of the college.-

After his graduation from Oberlin College Dr. Partridge enli.sted (in 1863) in the Ohio state militia, an organization intended for home protection, but subject to the orders of the governor. In April, 1864, his regiment, the One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio, was ordered to the front and attached to the garrison holding the fortifications about the city of Washington, his company (K) being stationed at l^'ort Slocum and later removed to Fort Stevens in anticipation of an attack from the enemy, which occurred July 12, 1864, when General Early was repulsed from his assault on the national capital. He was mustered out of service August 23, 1864, and returned to Oberlin. At this time, upon the recommendation of President Fairchild, of Oberlin College, he went to Berea, Kentucky, and organized the first classes in Greek, Latin and algebra for the recently established institution which afterward became the well knoM'n Berea College.

In the spring of 1865 Dr. Partridge entered the office of Dr. L. B. Dye as a medical student, his preceptor being a physician of Gustavus. In the fall he continued his studies with Doctors Blair and Sanders, at Cleveland, Ohio, and during the ensuing winter he attended his fii\st course of lectures in the Cleveland Homeopathic College. In November, 1866, he commenced medical practice in partnership with Dr. Craig at Niles, Michigan, where he remained a year and then attended a second course of lectures at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, where he received a diploma in the spring of 1868. In the preceding year he had obtained his second literary degree, with the title A. M., from Oberlin College, so that he now was entitled to both M. D. and the title indicated.

In March, 1868, Dr. Partridge commenced the practice of his permanent profession at South Bend, being the first homeopath to be recognized as a successful practitioner in the city. By his quiet yet positive ways, his superior mental discipline, his sympathy and practical judgment, and his thorough professional knowledge, all enforced by most favorable results of actual practice, he established himself firmly in the public confidence and won position as well as pecuniary rewards. He erected a beautiful residence for his family, as well as a fine block of houses for rent, and came into possession of other property which placed him among the substantial citizens of South Bend. Although Avell advanced in years, the doctor is still in the active ranks of his profession. He is an old member of the Indiana IMedical Institute, and has been a frequent contributor to the medical press, his papers showing a marked clearness and condensation of statement and an interesting style in the conveyance of professional information. The doctor and his family are Presb>i;erians. Politically he is a stanch Republican, but has never been active in any field but that of his profession.

On the 28th of October, 1866, on leaving Ohio for Niles, Michigan, Dr. Partridge was married to Aurelia H. Chapman, of Kingsville, Ohio, a daughter of Jedediah and Sarah E. (Osborne) Chapman. She was a graduate of Oberlin College, class of '65, and at the time of her marriage was preceptress of King^sville Academy. The family born to them consisted of Clara. Eloise. William Harvey, Charlotte. Frances and Katherine. Dr. Partridge had two brothers and five sisters, one of the former. Captain Harvey W. Partridge, being killed at the battle of Chickamauga and buried in the Soldiers' Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tennessee. The remainder are all living. The doctor and his wife and their six children are all graduates of Oberlin College.

Stanley A. Clark. Dr. Stanley A. Clark, one of the younger members of the medical profession in St. Joseph county, was born in Galien, Berrien county, ^Michigan, July 14, 1877, a son of Charles A. and Lydia (Blakeslie) Clark, the former a native of Huntsburg, Ohio, and the latter of Batavia. Illinois.

Dr. Clark, the eldest of their three children, two sons and a daughter, received his literary education in the public schools of his native city of Galien. graduating in the high school in 1894. For one year thereafter he studied pharmacy in the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso. Indiana, and then entered the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, in which he completed the course and was graduated in 1898. He was house surgeon in Hahnemann Hospital, Chicago, for the following year, and in 1899 located at his old home in Galien. ]\Iichigan, for the practice of his chosen profession, where he remained for two years, and since 1901 has been numbered among the leading medical practitioners of South Bend. He is a member of the St. Joseph County Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Institute of Homeopathy, also a member of the staff of Epworth Haspital. In his political views Dr. Clark is a stanch Republican, and is coroner of St. Joseph county at the present time. His fraternal connections are with the Knights of Modern Maccabees, Modem Woodmen of America,

J. A. Stoeckley. There is ever a degree of satisfaction and profit in scanning the life history of one who has attained to an eminent degree of success; who has had the mentality to direct his endeavors toward the desired ends, and the singleness and steadfastness of purpose which have given due value to each consecutive detail of effort. As a distinctive type of a self-made man we can refer with singular propriety to the honored subject whose name forms the caption of this review. Doctor Stoeckley 's father died when he was but one year of age. Thus growing from infancy to boyhood he was thrown upon his own resources, working his way through school, college and his profession to the substantial position he has attained.

He was born in Monroeville, Ohio, on the 20th day of May, 1870, a son of Anthony and Theresa Sinnot Stoeckley, the latter a native of Ohio but of German descent. The father was born in Germany, but came to the United States when nineteen years of age and identified his interests with the city of Monroeville, being long numbered among its prominent merchants. His death occurred in 1871. He was an honored soldier of the Civil war, and the severities which he endured during his campaign hastened his death.

Dr. Stoeckley attended the parochial and public schools, and graduated from the high school of Monroeville, Ohio, in 1887, and then entered a drug store as a clerk, earning and saving enough money for his first year's college course, and immediately thereafter began the study of pharmacy at the Western Reserve College of Cleveland, Ohio, and thus^ continued in pharmacy until the fall of 1893, when he entered the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. He continued his occupation as a pharmacist in the summer months. Thus with the help of some borrowed money he was enabled to continue his college work and was graduated on the 7th of April, 1896. In the same year he came to South Bend and opened an office in the Oliver Opera House block, but in the following year, 1897, moved to his present offices on West Washington street, which are well equipped with modern appliances for the conduct of his business. He has a dental surgeon and lady attendant to assist him in his work, and he always keeps in touch with the advancement that is continually being made in the profession. He has not only an enviable reputation and practice in South Bend and vicinity, but enjoys a nice practice at Notre Dame and St; Mary's. He has since pursued a post-graduate course in the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, his alma mater. The doctor further keeps in touch with the advancement in dentistry^ by his membership in the Northern Indiana Dental Society, of which he has been secretary, treasurer, vice-president and president : is also a director of the Indiana State Dental Society ; also a member of the Odontographic Dental Society of Chicago and a member of the National and International Dental Society. He was one of the three representatives from Indiana to the International Dental Congress at St. Louis during the World's Fair.

The marriage of Dr. Stoeckley was celebrated on June 18, 1902, when ]\Iiss Emelyn Hinkle, a native of Muncie, Indiana, and a daughter of Mrs. Cecelia B. Hinkle, now of South Bend, Indiana, became his wife. They have one son, John Francis, Avho was born on the 13th of September, 1904, and a daughter, Hildegarde Cecelia, born February 6, 1907. Dr. Stoeckley gives his political support to the Democratic party, and fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He and his family are members of St. Patrick's Catholic church of South Bend, Indiana.

In seeking for the causes which have contributed to Dr. Stoeckley 's success, we find them in their rarity as in their harmonious union, and they may be sunmied up by saying that he has the manners of a gentleman, the habits of a man of business, and the scientific ability so necessary in the practice of his profession, a combination of qualities that are bound to produce the highest results. He is yet a young man, but has attained success which many an older practitioner might well envy. His laudable ambition to rise in his profession, his close application, and his conformity to the strictest professional ethics have combined to win him advancement in a profession where success depends on individual merit.

"W. F. Mills, M. D. Among those w^ho have attained distinctive prestige in the practice of medicine in the city of South Bend and whose success has come as the logical sequence of thorough technical information and skill stands Dr. Mills, who is a man of scholarlv attainments and w^ho has made deep and car''- ful research into the science to which he is devoting his life. He was born in Joliet, Illinois, February 22, 1856, a son of Andrew and Sarah E. (Whitemore) Mills, the latter a native of Pennsylvania. The father was also a member of the medical profession, having practiced in Joliet for a number of years.

W. F. Mills received his early literary education in Blooming-ton, Illinois, in the Normal University, pursuing the teacher's course there, and then began teaching in 1875, continuing in that profession in Will county for six years. In 1881 he became a student in Rush Medical College of Chicago, but the same year took the state examination and received a diploma to practice medicine from the State Board of Medical Examiners. In 1887 he graduated from Rush Medical College, and immediately began the practice of medicine in Chicago. In a short time, however, he returned to his old home in Joliet, but hearing such favorable reports concerning the city of South Bend he decided to locate here, and did so in 1899, having never had occasion to regret his change of residence. Dr. Mills has gained distinction in the line of his chosen calling, has ever been an earnest and discriminating student, and holds a position of due relative precedence among medical practitioners of northern Indiana. A.fter a residence of only six months in this city he was appointed physician for both the township and county, and these offices he still continues to fill with ability and wisdom. He is also examining physician for the Knights of the jNIaccabees, the Ladies of the Maccabees, the Tribe of Ben Hur, and holds membership relations with the Masons Lodge, No. 294, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and other orders.

In 1883, in Chicago, Dr. Mills was married to Miss Agnes McDonough, a daughter of T. McDonough, a prominent early pioneer of that city, having resided there as early as 1838. By this union was born, May 17, 1885, one daughter, Alice Elda. Dr. Mills is deeply interested in the affairs of the city which has been his home for a number of years, and in private life has gained that warm personal regard Avhich arises from true nobility of character, deference for the opinion of others, kindliness and geniality.

that he is a scion of a family who&e association witli the annals of American history has been intimate and honorable from the early colonial epoch. Such men and such ancestral prestige fully justify the compilation of works of this nature, that a worthy record may be perpetuated for future generations. The Lockwood family is a very old English one, and the first of the name to come to America was Robert Lockwood, who was a member of the Winthrop fleet and settled near what is now Norwalk, Connecticut. From that time to the present the representatives of the family have been prominent in the history of the country, and it has given many distinguished men to the various professions, while in both the Revolutionary and Civil wars there are recorded two hundred and eighty-nine Lockwoods who valiantly fought for the flag. Among its many distinguished members may be mentioned a few - Major James Lockwood, a gallant soldier in the Revolutionary war; James Lockwood, one of the founders of the famous firm of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, of Hartford, Connecticut; Brigadier General Henry Hayes Lockwood, a soldier of the Civil war and a well known writer on many subjects ; J. Booth Lockwood, the Arctic explorer ; Rev. James Lockwood, pastor of the first church in AVeathersfield ; Commodore Samuel Lockwood, of the United States Navy and others. The parents of Francis W. .were Cornelius Gray and Mary Catherine (Barrett) Lock^vood, "both natives of Port Jervis, New York. The father was a jeweler and optician in that city, as was also his father, while on the maternal side there were also many professional men, physicians and dentists, the maternal grandfather, S. T. Barrett, having won a wide reputation as a dentist of Port Jervis, and he is still a resident of that city, having reached the age of ninety years. Cornelius G. Lockwood was called to the home bevond in 1894, when fifty-four years of age, but his widow survived until 1906, dying at the age of fifty-five years.

Dr. Francis W. Lockwood was born in Port Jervis, New York, on the 11th of June, 1878, and in the schools of his native city he received his early educational training, graduating from its high school in 1897. He then began the study of pharmacy, but before leaving school he had taken a special interest in the study of chemistry, so consequentlv his knowledge of the drug business was very complete w^hen he entered upon the study of pharmacy. He graduated in the medical department of the University of Michigan in 1902, and immediately came to South Bend and engaged in the practice of medicine aud surgery. Although he has but practically just entered upon his life work, yet he is an earnest and discriminating student and has already gained a large practice.

In 1903, Dr. Lockwood was united in marriage to Miss Florence Jenkins, a daughter of John Fletcher and Susan E. (McQueen) Jenkins, the mother being a member of the well Imown McQueen family of Canada. The Doctor's professional work connects him with the County, State and Tri-State Medical Societies, and in his fraternal relations he is a member of the Woodmen of the World. His religious affiliations are with the Prasbyterian church.

Oscar Von Barandy, M. D. Dr. Oscar Von Barandy, w^ho is rapidly winning for himself a name and place among the leading physicians and surgeons of South Bend, was born in Hungary, October 22, 1876. He graduated from the public schools of his native country in 1886, and going thence to Kalocsa, one of the great educational places of Hungary, was graduated in the classic schools of that city in 1894. In the same year he entered the University of Budapest, and after five years in that high institution of learning, graduated in 1899. During the year and a half following this eventful period in his life he was engaged in hospital work in Hungary, while in March, 1900, he bade farewell to the home and friends of his native land and came to America, at once coming to South Bend. It was not until 1903, however, that he was able to pass the examination before the state board, for he had some difficulty in mastering the intricacies of the English language, but in that year he engaged actively in the practice of medicine and surgery, working principally among his countrymen. He is a member "of the St. Joseph County Medical Association aud also of the Indiana State and the American Medical Associations, thus being enabled to keep fully inforaied concerning the many improvements in the two sciences to which he is devoting his life with such eminent success. He is serving as the examining physician for many Hungarian societies of South Bend, and is very deeply interested in the welfare of his native countrymen. Since coming to this city. Dr. Von Barandy has been instru-

On the 16th of September, 1906, there was erected a statue of Washington at Budapest, Dr. Von Barandy serving as one of the directors of the monumental association, and represented over fifty thousand Hungarian born Americans at the dedicatory festival. At the services there were fifty thousand people present, with about two thousand delegates from different places in Hungary, and was one of the most noted historical events of that nation. Since his arrival in America the Hungarian citizens here have been organized into about twelve fraternal societies, three federations and two political clubs. Since coming to America to cast his lot with this free country he has been actively interested in its institutions, and is rapidly winning for himself a prominent place among the leading citizens of South Bend.

H. A. Fink, M. D. For a period of over seventeen years, Dr. Fink has been engaged in the practice of medicine in South Bend, and his name is a hoiLsehold word in many of the homes of this community. His long identification with the place and his prominence here entitle him to more than a passing notice in a work of this character, devoted as it is to the portrayal of the lives of representative men of the county. The Doctor was born in Elkhart county, Indiana, on the 26th of December, 1854. His father, Peter Fink, was a native of Pennsylvania, but removed to Elkhart county in the '30s, where he engaged in his life occupation of farming. He bore an important part in the early settlement of Elkhart county, and when the Civil war was inaugurated he enlisted for service in July, 1862, remaining a faithful soldier until the war had ended. He participated in many of the historical battles, took part in the Grand Review at Washington, where the victorious armies were welcomed by the president and many eminent men of the nation, and w^as active in the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic. After his removal to Indiana, Mr. Fink married Mary Clouse, a native daughter of Ohio, but who had removed to the Hoosier state about 1838, her parents having been among the early pioneers of Elkhart county. She has now reached the age of seventy years, and resides in Wakarusa, Elkhart county. In the family of this worthy pioneer

Dr. Fink, the eldest of the nine children, entered the high school of Goshen during his boyhood days, later spending two years at the Northern Indiana Normal College of Valparaiso, Indiana, while his medical training was received in the Northwestern University of Chicago, in which he was graduated in 1888. He immediately opened an office and engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in Woodland, St. Joseph county, but soon sought a larger field of endeavor and in 1890 came to South Bend, where he has won distinctive prestige in his special line. His long professional career has been attended with success, and those who have known him longest esteem him most highly. He keeps in touch with the progress made in the medical world by his membership in the St. Joseph County, the State and American Medical Associations.

In 1880, Dr. Fink was married to Martha J. Moore, a daughter of John and Julia Moore, of Elkhart county, Indiana, and they have a sou and a daughter. The son, Ralph A. is a graduate from the high school of South Bend and spent two years at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, returning thence to South Bend. Being of a mechanical turn of mind, he bought a one-half interest in the Mecklenberg Gas and Gasoline Engine works, one of the important manufacturing concerns of South Bend. The daughter, Grace M., is a miLsieian of marked talent in both vocal and instrumental music. The Doctor takes an active interest in political matters, voting with the Democratic party, and for three years was chosen for the position of health officer of South Bend. His fraternal relations are with the Masonic order and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

W. A. Hager. M. D., one of the leading physicians and surgeons of South Bend, has made a specialty of the diseases of the ear, nose and throat. He is a great student and endeavors to keep abreast of the times m ever>i:hing relating to the discoveries in medical science. His birth occurred in Ontario, Canada, on the 23d of August, 1863. his parents being Addison and Maria (Smith) Hager, both also natives of Canada. During his active business career the father was extensively engaged in farming and the grain business, but he is now living in quiet

Dr. Hager is the older of their two children, his sister being Ada J., the wife of Richard S. Babb, of Hamilton, Ontario. After completing his literary education in the common schools of his native city the Doctor entered the Ontario College of Pharmacy in Toronto, in which he was graduated in 1883. He then became a student in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, graduating there with the class of 1891, and for the following two years was interne in the Jefferson College Hospital. Coming thence to South Bend in 1893, he opened an ofSce for the general practice of medicine, but during the years of 1899 and 1900 he pursued post graduate work in Germany, England and Austria as a specialist in the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. During the period of his professional career Dr. Hager has met with a marked and gratifying success, and has won the good will and patronage of many of the residents of South Bend and vicinity, both in a general practice and in his special line. He is a member of the St. Joseph County Medicar Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Ophthalmologieal and Otological Society, which enables him to keep well informed concerning the advancement made in the medical world.

The marriage of Dr. Hager was celebrated in 1904 when Harriet B. Campbell, the daughter of Hon. Marvin Campbell, became his wife, and their two sons are Walter A. and Donald C.

Dr. Charles Stoltz, whose skill in surgery has given him more than local prominence in addition to his high rank in the general field of medicine, began practicing in South Bend in 1893. A graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, he entered upon his profession not only with excellent class-room and clinical training, but also with unusual natural talent. His family for several generations have been noted for a certain manual dexterity, which has been very useful to its possesors whether employed in the mechanical trades or in the skilled professions. Among Dr. Stoltz 's relatives now living in Europe are several well known physicians and surgeons, while in his immediate family both his grandfather and father were skilled cabinet-makers and several uncles were successful bridge builders. The inventive and constructive genius is an inheritance of the family, and this faculty has proved very valuable to Dr. Stoltz in his profession. A high degree of manual dexterity is a pre-requisite in surgery, and all the great surgeons have been noted in this respect.

In addition to this natural fitness, deep research and study have also been characteristics of his career in medicine. A number of years of youth and early manhood were spent in those studious pursuits and occupations which are the best preparation for a professional career. Having received his higher literary education in the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso and in the scientific department of the University of Indiana, he then taught school in St. Joseph and Laporte counties for five years, serving as principal of the Union Mills high school in Laporte county during the last year of that occupation. His broad intelligence, scholarly attainments and his full appreciation of the value of knowledge as a preparation for life's responsibilities made him an able educator, and he will be long remembered for his effective work in the schools with which he was connected. He had already planned a career in medicine, and in the final stage of preparation entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, where he was graduated in 1893. Locating at South Bend, almost from the start he acquired an extensive practice. To surgery he has given much time, observation and research, and the local medical fraternity acknowledge his ability in this department. He is the author of many technieal papers on surgical and medical sub,jects, and is a member of the Northern Tri-State, the Mississippi Valley and several other medical societies. During four of the early years of his practice he was health officer for South Bend, an honor that came without his seeking, but he served with credit to himself and with much benefit to the city. Though always interested in public affairs, he has never held any other public office.

A native of St. Joseph county. Dr. Stoltz was born on Sumption Prairie January 17, 1864. His parents, Charles and Margaret (Popp) Stoltz, were born in Germany, the former in Alsace and the latter in Bavaria. The father came to America when a young man, living awhile with his parents in Canton, Ohio, and then moving to St. Joseph county, where the family have been well known since almost pioneer days. On June 5, 1895, Dr. Stoltz married Miss Lillian Dun-

H. F. ]MiTCHELL, M. D. For a number of years past, Dr. Mitchell has been engaged in the practice of medicine in South Bend, and during these years has not only maintained his position among the leaders of the medical fraternity, but has taken part in much of the public and social life of the city, so that he is accounted one of her honored citizens. His birth occurred in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on the 10th of Jul}', 1866, being a son of Peter Mitchell, a native of Scotland and a ship builder by occupation. When a young man he left his Scotland home for Canada, the year of his emigration being 1846, and for the long period of twenty-four years was proprietor of the Portsmouth Marine Railway. His busy and useful life was ended at the age of sixty-five years. He married Victoria G. Wycott, a native of Canada, but of English parentage, and four children w^ere born of their union ; C. F., a practicing physician of Cleveland, Ohio : Beatrice F., a graduate of the Ep worth Hospital Training School of South Bend ; and Florence, who died at the age of five years.

- H. F. Mitchell, the second child and second son in the family, was graduated at Queens University in 1889, and the Royal College of Phj-sicians and Surgeons, after which he was engaged in the practice of medicine in Ontario, New York, for one j^ear. Removing thence to Indiana, he practiced in Lakeville, St. Joseph county, for the following three and a half years, since which time he has been numbered among the practitioners of general medicine in South Bend. During these years he has fully demonstrated the fact that he is well informed concerning the science to which he is devoting his life, and has therefore been accorded a liberal patronage.

In 1892, Dr. Mitchell was united in marriage to Lillie M. Woodburn, a daughter of the late Thomas M. Woodburn, of Ottawa, Canada, in which city ]\Irs. Mitchell was born. By her marriage she has become the mother of two sons, Weir W., aged twelve years, and Grant F., a little lad of five years. The Doctor is now serving as President of the St. Joseph County Medical Society, and also has membership relations with the Indiana State Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the Tri State Medical Association. His fraternal relations connect him with the ^Masonic order. Lodge No. 294, of

L. V. Stranz. In connection with the science of medicine, Dr. Stranz has gained an enviable prestige as one of the most able of the younger practitioners in the city of South Bend. He was born in Germany, ^lay 24, 1868, and ere his removal from his native land received an excellent education in its high schools. In 1890, he sailed for America, and after his arrival stopped for a time in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York, subsequently making his way to Detroit, Michigan, where he taught Latin and Greek in the Polish seminary for one year. On the expiration of that period he began the study of medicine in the Detroit Medical College, but later went to Cleveland, Ohio, and continued his studies in Wooster University, thence entering the Dunham Medical College of Chicago, in which he was graduated in May, 1896. Thus with an excellent training to serve as the foundation on which to erect the superstructure of his future life work he went to South Chicago, Illinois, but three months later removed to La Salle, Illinois, where he remained three years. He then joined the hospital corps in the Spanish-American war where he served four months, enlisting in the First Division, Third Army Corps, and Avas stationed at Chickamauga Park, receiving his honorable discharge at Anniston, Alabama. Dr. Stranz then came to Hanover township. Lake county, Indiana, where he was engaged in practice until 1904, and in that year came to South Bend. Although he is one of the younger representatives in practice in point of years of continuous service in this city, yet he has demonstrated the fact that he is well informed in its principles and their correct application, and is therefore building up a liberal patronage.

In 1894 Dr. Stranz was united in marriage to Magdalena Missal, and their union has been blessed with three children, Isabel, Edmund and Martin.

A. E. Barber, M. D. One of the most earnest workers in the medical profession is A. E. Barber, and to his own energy and perseverance he owes the success which he has achieved thus far in life. He was born in Leeds county, Canada, on ths 24th of December, 1868, a son of Charles Earl and Mary E. (Davis) Barber, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Belfast, Ireland. The father, however, was of Irish descent, and during his early life followed agricultural pui*suits, but in 1890 abandoned that occupation and engaged in the banking and investment business. In 1893 he retired from an active business life and thus continued up to the time of his death which occurred in April, 1895. Dr. Barber's mother was an exceedingly cultured lady, and for a number of years had been a member of the teacher's profession.