St. Joseph County, Indiana - The City of South Bend, 1907 (part 8 of 11)

The public and high schools of Ontario, Canada, furnished their son, A. E., with his early educational training, while later he became a student at the Queen's Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Kingston, Ontario, graduating therein in 1892 with the degrees of M. D. and C. M. Coming thence to St. Joseph county in 1892 he established himself in practice in Mishawaka, but that town soon proving too small for his capabilities he came to South Bend in 1898, where he has succeeded in building up an enviable reputation for skill in his chosen line of endeavor. He has made a specialty of the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, and in this special branch he has achieved remarkable success for a young man. His membersliip with the County and State Medical Society enables him to keep abreast with all the progressive movements in the medical profession, and he has proved himself worthy of the patronage and confidence of the public. He is a member of the Epworth Hospital staff of physicians and surgeons, as a specialist in diseases of the eye. ear, nose and throat, and he has held the position of medical expert in the Bureau of Pensions of the United States government since 1899.

In 1895, Dr. Barber was united in marriage to Grace M. Greene, a daughter of Dr. J. D. Greene, of Mishawaka, whose death occurred on the 26th of March, 1903. One daughter has blessed this union, Grace Margaret, whose birth occurred on the 18th of August, 1898. Mrs. Barber was a graduate of the Mishawaka high school. She was a cultured lady and social leader, both in :\Iishawaka and South Bend. Her demise was deeply regretted throughout the county. Dr. Barber holds fraternal relations with the Masonic order, Lodge No. 294, also with the Chapter, Council and Commandery, with the Knights of the Maccabees and the Elks' He is also a member of the Commercial Athletic club.

at 234 South Michigan street, was born in Windsor, Canada, October 7, 1868. His father, Joseph Rennoe, also a native of Canada, was of French origin, and his life occupation was that of the tilling of the soil. About the year 1872 he took up his abode in Portage township, St. Joseph county, where he purchased a farm and continued his agricultural pursuits, but retired from the active cares of a business life in 1901, and lived in South Bend until his death on June 22, 1907. His wife, nee Mary Clark, was a native of Ca.nada, although her father was born in England and her mother in France. In their family are eight living children, including twins, C. A. and Alexander J., they being the third in order of birth.

Dr. Rennoe was but four years of age when brought by his parents to St. Joseph county, and the days of his boyhood and youth were spent on the home farm until his fourteenth year when he entered the city schools of South Bend. When about nineteen years of age, he began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Kilmer, of this city, with whom lie continued until his "Taduation from Rush Medical College of Chicago, in 1892. In that year he located in South Bend for the practice of his profession, where he has been engaged as a general practitioner ever since. He has gained an enviable prestige as one of the most able and successful, followers of the medical science, and the success which he has attained is due to his thorough technical information and skill, as reinforced by that s^Tupathy and tact which are the inevitable concomitants of precedence in this noble profession.

The marriage of Dr. Rennoe was celebrated in 1895, when Josephine M. Beckwith, a native of White Pigeon, Michigan, and a daughter of Levi and Lucy Beckwith, became his wife. The Doctor is a member of the Americap Medical Association and the St. Joseph County :\Iedical Society, while his fraternal relations connect him with the Knights of Pythias, the 'Elks and other societies. He is a stanch Republican, and for four years served as the coroner of St. Joseph county. He has also been an active worker in the local militia, having served as captain surgeon of the Third Indiana National Guards from 1900 to 1904, and he is now the examining surgeon of the order.

actively engaged in the medical profession in South. Bend, is one of the most talented members of his profession in northern Indiana. Being of broad and liberal mind, and having enjoyed the advantages of a superior education, he has had the interests of the people deeply at heart, and by pen and speech has used his influence in the advocacy of higher education and training for physicians. He was born in Goshen, Indiana, on the 28th of February, 1860, a son of William Wallace and Anne (Reiley) Wickham, the latter a native of Ireland. The father was born in the state of New York, but when a young man made his way to Indiana, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine for over half a century. His long professional career has been attended with marked success, and his name is a household word in the homes of the community in which he resides. He has now reached the eighty-seventh mile- S'tone on the journey of life, and those who have known him longest esteem him most highly.

Dr. W. A. Wickham obtained his literary education in the high school of Goshen, while his professional training was pursued in the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, in which he was graduated in 1880. He then took post graduate courses in Europe in 1893- 95, also in Chicago in 1903. Thus with an excellent training to serve as a foundation on which to rear the superstructure of his life work he began practice in South Bend, where success has attended his efforts. He has made a specialty of the eye, ear, nose and throat, and has also been United States Pension Examiner and surgeon since McKinley's first administration. He is a member of the County and State Medical Societies and of the order of Elks. Dr. Wickham has been a resident of South Bend since 1881, and throughout all these years he has commanded the regard of all by his upright life.

Louis S. La Pierre, D. D. S. During the years in Avhich he has been engaged in the practice of dentistry in South Bend, Dr. La Pierre has demonstrated the fact that he is well informed concerning the principles of the science, and has not only maintained his position among the leaders of the dental 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 South Bend on the 8th of June, 1866, his father, J. M. La Pierre having been a prominent business man in this city for many years. The son Louis was educated in the schools of his native city and those of Walkerton, Indiana, and after the completion of his literary education he entered the employ of Gushing & Company, pharmacists, with whom he remained until 1890. Previous to this time he had formed the determination to devote his life to the practice of dentistry, and with that end in view he pursued a course in the Chicago College of Dental Surgery and graduated in 1892. Returning thence to his native city of South Bend, he immediately opened an office for the practice of his chosen profession, and the large patronage which he now enjo3^s is indicative of his skill and ability.

On the 17th of February, 1896, Dr. La Pierre was united in marriage to Clara Ginz, of South Bend, and their home is the center of a gracious and warm hearted hospitality.

W. L. Owen, M. D. During the short time which marks the period of Dr. Owen's professional career he has met with a gratifying success, while at the same time he has won the good will of the citizens of South Bend. He was born in Porter county, Indiana, April 27, 1877, a son of William B. and Annie (Pride) Owen, the former a native of the state of New York, and the latter of Scotland. During his business career the father was engaged largely in manufacturing enterprises, in the making of porous tiles, etc., and his life's labors were ended in death in 1901, having survived his wife for a number of years, she having passed away in 1897.

The public schools of Lake county, Indiana, and the Morgan Park Academy, of Chicago, furnished Dr. Owen, with his early literary training, while his medical education was received in the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, from which he graduated in 1906. Immediately after his graduation he came to South Bend, where he has since been actively engaged in professional work.

In 1898, Dr. Owen married Miss Mary Willing, who was a practicing physician at the time of her marriage, also a graduate of Hahnemann, and she is now associated with her husband in practice. Both are members of the St. Joseph County Medical Society.

Cornelius H. Myers, M. D. One of the exacting of all the higher lines of occupation to which a man may lend his energies is that of the physician. A most scrupulous prelimin- ary trainiug is demanded and a nicety of judgment little understood by the laity. Thus when professional success is attained in any instance it may be taken as certain that such measure of success has been thoroughly merited. In Cornelius H. Myers we have one who has gained distinction in the line of his chosen calling, who has been an earnest and discriminating student, and who holds a position of due relative precedence among the medical practitioners of northern Indiana. He is a native son of Ohio, his birth occurring in Wayne county of that state on the 29th of October, 1853, a son of Enos and Mary (Funk) Myei^, both of whom claimed the commonwealth of Pennsylvania as their place of birth. In 1854, however, a year after the birth of their son Cornelius, they removed to Elkhart county, Indiana, where the father engaged in agricultural pursuits and where the son attended the public schools during his early boyhood days. After completing his education he taught school in Elkhart and St. Joseph counties for two years.

Prepared by a broad general knowledge for entrance into professional life, Mr. Myers then went to Goshen and entered the office of Dr. Whippey, being then twenty-three years of age, and he remained there for six months. He was next a student in Hahnemann College for two years, graduating therein in 1879, and in the same year he returned to that institution for a post-graduate course, also taking a post-graduate course in the New York Homeopathic College. All this was a splendid training for the young physician, and thus with a comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and the science of medicine he began the practice of his chosen profession in South Bend, where he has succeeded because he desired to succeed. Nature has endowed him bountifully, and he has studiously, carefully and conscientiously increased the talents that were given him. Dr. Myers holds membership relations with the Indiana Homeopathic Association and the American Institute, and has also served as coroner of St. Joseph county.

The marriage of Dr. Myers was celebrated in 1879. when Gertrude Harris became his wife. She is a daughter of Fred Harris, one of the honored old pioneere of St. Joseph county, while her mother was a sister of Judge Andrew Anderson, of South Bend. Six children have been born of this union, Frederick, Edgar, George, Jeanette, Gertrude and Margaret. The family are members of the Presbyterian church.

Richard B. Dugdale, M. D., who occupies an enviable position as a member of the medical profession in St. Joseph countv, was born in South Bend on the 17th of September, 1868. He is a son of Thomas and Susannah Dugdale, both natives of England. The father came to South Bend in the" '60s, and was thereafter employed in the Oliver Chilled Plow Company for thirty-eight years, or until his life's labors were ended in death in June, 1905, at the age of sixty-eight years.

Richard B. Dugdale, whose name introduces this review, received his preparatory education in the public schools of his native city, graduating from the high school in 1887, and two years later, in 1889, he became a student in Rush Medical College of Chicago, where he graduated in 1892. During the three years following his graduation Dr. Dugdale was engaged in practice in North Liberty, Indiana, and on the expiration oi that period, in 1895, returned to South Bend, where he has since been numbered among the leading members of the medical fraternity. He is a member of the County, State and National Medical Societies, and in 1905 was made president of the County Medical Society. During the three terms of 1894-96-98, he was the county coroner of St. Joseph county. His professional career has been attended with marked success. His promptness, his s^mipathetic nature and his generosity are well loiown factors in his personality, and those who have known him longest esteem him most highly.

Dr. Dugdale was man-ied in 1893 to Miss Fannie Bungay, a daughter of Francis B. Bungay, of Constantino, Michigan, and they have one son, Milo, who was born October 29, 1895. The Doctor gives his political support to the Republican party, while fraternally he is a member of the Elks, the Woodmen of the World and other societies. The family are members of the Presbyterian church.

Walter D. Chaffee, M. D. In the practice of medicine in South Bend, Dr. Chaffee has demonstrated the fact that he is well informed concerning the principles of the medical science and their correct application to the needs of suffering humanity, and has therefore been accorded a liberal patronage. He is a native son of Michigan, born in Lima on the 4th of August, 1865. His father, the Rev. Comfort T. Chaffee, was born in the state of New York and was a well known minister of the Baptist church, having been pastor of the chnrcli of that denomination at the time of the birth of his son Walter. His death occurred on the 23d of June, 1899, where he was living in quiet retirement after a pastorate in the Baptist church of that -city. He was also at one time pastor of a church in South Bend. He was a Doctor of Divinity, and was thoroughly earnest and sincere in all his thoughts, words and deeds, and his noble, manly life proved an inspiration to many of his friends and followers. He was also a great financier, and while in charge of his church at Centerville, ^Michigan, he built knitting mills there, of which he was president, and he was also an organizer and president of the First National Bank of Centerville. Michig-an. Prior to entering the ministry he was admitted to the bar and practiced law at Three Rivers, Michigan. Mrs. Chaffee bore the maiden name of Hattie Dennison. and was a native of Ohio.

Dr. Walter Chaft'ee was a student in the Univei'sity of Nebraska and Central University of Bella, Iowa, in those excellent educational institutions receiving the instruction which enabled him to enter upon the study of his chosen life work, for he had decided upon the medical profession as his vocation and to that end entered the Hahnemann ]\Iedical College of Chicago. Graduating from that institution in 1886. he immediately began practice in Saginaw, Michigan, where he remained for only a few months, and then spent a short time in Vicksburg and Three Rivers. Since 1888 he has been a resident of South Bend, and his long identification with this place and his prominence here makes his name a household word in the homes of this community. His professional career has been attended with success. His promptness, his generosity and his s^^;npathetic nature are well known factors of his life, and those who have known him longest esteem him most highly. He is a homeopath and gjiiecologist. while in his fraternal relations Dr. Chaffee is a member of the Masonic order. Lodge No. 45 and the Chapter, and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Jacob W. Hill. As a member of the medical profession Dr. Jacob W. Hill has won distinction, and throughout the period of his residence in St. Joseph county he has enjoyed an extensive and remunerative practice. He is progressive in all his ideas, constantly reading and studying, and keeps in close touch with the spirit of the times. He was born in

Columbia countj^ Pensylvania, September 6, 1858, a son of Jacob and Anna (Auchenbach) Hill, natives also of the Keystone state. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, passed away in death in 1859.

Dr. Hill received his elementary" education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, while later he attended Dickerson Seminary of Williamsport, that state, in which he was graduated in 1877, and he then entered upon the study of the profession which he had determined to make his life work. He first studied under the preceptorship of Dr. Jesse R. Casselberry, and in 1881 completed the course in the Jefferson Medical College. In the same year he came to South Bend and opened an office for the practice of medicine, and he has met with gratifying success. He is a student and endeavors to keep abreast of the times in everything relating to the discoveries in medical science. Progressive in his ideas and favoring modern methods as a whole, he does not dispense with many of the true and tried systems which have stood the test of years. During the past eight years Dr. Hill has served as secretary of the St. Joseph county board of health, is a member of the State and County Medical Societies, was a member of the Board of Censors of the St. Joseph County Medical Society, is a delegate to the State Medical Society, appointed in 1905 for two vears and is a member of the Masonic lodge. No. 45 and of the Chapter No. 29.

Elbert W. McAllister, M. D. Dr. ]\Ic- Allister, a prominent representative of the medical profession in South Bend, with office and residence at 1327 West Washington street, was born in Buffalo, New York, July 1, 1845. His father, William A. jMcAllister, was a native of Connecticut, although his father was born in Ireland and his mother in Norway, and was extensively engaged in dealing in harness in his native state. About 1854 he came to Goshen, Indiana, and there his death occurred when he had reached the age of eighty-four years. ]\Irs. McAllister bore the maiden name of Ellen Stevens, and was of German descent. She was called to the home beyond after reaching the age of seventy-five years.

Dr. McAllister, their only child, was about eight years old when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Indiana, the family home being established at Goshen, where he was reared and educated. Wlien a young man he began the study of medicine, but his pre- paration for that profession was interrupted by his enlistment in 1864 for service in the Civil war, becoming a member of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served his period of enlistment and then returned to his home in Goshen. From 1861 until 1863 he was a student in the Rush College and University of Michigan, after which he resimied his medical studies and graduated at the Long Island College Hospital of Brooklyn, New York, in 1866. His first work in his chosen profession was as surgeon on a line of sailing vessels plying between Liverpool and New York city, but after one year of this work he engaged in a general practice of medicine in Goshen in partnei'ship with Dr. Wickham, that relationship continuing until 1874, when Dr. McAllister came to South Bend. Here he entered into partnership relations with Dr. L. J. Ham, with whom he remained until 1879, and since that time he has been alone in practice. Dr. McAllister in a large measure meets all the requirements necessary for a successful physician, and the value of his services to the community cannot be overestimated. He is a member of Auteu Post, G. A. R., of South Bend, also of the Masonic order in this city, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree. The marriage of Dr. McAllister and Miss Alice Elliott, was celebrated in about 1870, and they have two children, Nellie, the wife of Thomas Luce, of South Bend, and William E., a machinist.

James M. Garrison, D. V. S. Dr. Garrison, who is 'accorded an extensive patronage as a veterinary surgeon in St. Joseph county, was born in Penn township of this county February 3, 1847, a son of Lewis and Catharine (Mead) Garrison, the latter of French descent, although her father was born in Vermont. Mr. Garrison was a native of New York, and was numbered among the early pioneers of St. Joseph county, Indiana, but in 1849 he joined the tide of emigration to California, and his death occurred during his residence in that state. In their family were two sons, the elder being George A., a prominent real estate dealer in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

Dr. Garrison was reared to years of maturity in St. Joseph county, receiving his education in the schools of Mishawaka. and after its completion he engaged in the practice of veterinary surgerv^ On the 17th of October, 1861, he enlisted for service in the

Civil war, becoming a member of Company F, Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was only fifteen years of age at the time of his enlistment, and was one of the youngest soldiers to carry a knapsack in the war of the rebellion. He subsequently re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, and took part in many of the historic battles of the war, including Corinth and Malvern Hill, and was then transferred to Sherman's army and went with him in the celebrated march to the sea. He was never seriously wounded, although on one occasion he was hit by a piece of shell. During his entire military career of four years and fourteen days, he was in active service as a private, and throughout that time his brother was with him in the same regiment, both participating in the Grand Review at Washington, after which he received an honorable discharge at Lexington, Kentucky, in 1865. Returning thence to his old home in jMishawaka. Dr. Garrison engaged in the quiet pureuit of agriculture, but a short time afterward resumed his practice as a veterinary surgeon in Penn township, St. Joseph county. For a period of two years he was in Warsaw, Indiana, returning thence to ]\Iishawaka, but later went to Marcellus, Michigan. In 1893 he took up his abode in South Bend, where for the past thirteen years he has been actively engaged in the practice of veterinary surgery, in that time winning for himself a prominent place among the professional men of the community.

In 1869, in Mishawaka, Dr. Garrison was married to Catherine Westfall, a native of Mechanicsburg. Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Jacob and Sarah Westfall. also of that commonwealth. Seven children have been born of this union, namely: William; Laura, wife of George Harper, of South Bend; Frank ; Ida, wife of Arthur Fordham : Mamie, at home ; Jay, of South Bend ; and Lulu, also at home. The Doctor is a staunch supporter of Republican principles, although in local affairs he votes rather for the man than party, and during his residence in Cass county, Michigan, he served as a deputy sheriff, resigning that office to remove to South Bend, where he is now a well kno^\ai and honored citizen. He holds pleasant relations with his old army comrades by his memberehip in the Grand Army of the Republic.

the fact that he i.s well informed concerning the principles of the medical science, and has therefore been accorded a liberal patronage. He was born in Frankfort, Indiana, on the 3d of February, 1881, a son of Robert and Mary Jane (Sims) Shanklin, both natives of Indiana. The father, who was born in Carroll county, followed agricultural pursuits during his early business career, but during the past thirty years has been the senior member of the firm of R. P. Shanklin & Company, wholesale grocers of Frankfort, Indiana. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business, always known for his prompt and honorable methods of dealing, which have won him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellow citizens.

After attending the public schools of Frankfort, Indiana, Robert Shanklin entered Hanover College, in which he was graduated in 1902 with the degree of B. S., while in 1905 he graduated in medicine, from Rush Medical College of Chicago. His first year after leaving college was spent as an interne in St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but in August, 1906, he came to South Bend and entered at once into the practice of medicine. Although numbered among the younger practitioners he maintains his position among the leaders of the medical fraternity, and has also taken part in much of the public and social life of South Bend. Dr. Shanklin is an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church, and also of the Masonic order. South Bend Lodge No. 294. As a member of the St. Joseph Medical Society he has taken an active interest in all medical affairs affecting the profession in general.

attained distinction and wide-spread celebrity for his skill and research is Dr. Allen G. Miller, whose knowledge of the science of medicine is broad and comprehensive, and his ability in applying its principles to the needs of suffering humanity has gained him an enviable prestige in professional circles. He was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, October 12, 1835, and is descended from a prominent old Saxon family and from three brothers who left Saxony, Germany, and came to Pennsylvania about the same time as William Penn. and in that commonwealth his great-grandfather, Jacob Miller, was born. The grandfather, Abraham Miller, was born near Philadelphia, and to him belongs the honor of being the first sheriff of Somerset county. Isaac Miller, the father of the Doctor, also claimed Somerset county as the place of his nativity, and he became well known there as a hat manufacturer. He married Caroline Miller, also a native of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, where her father, Jacob G. Miller, was also born. He became one of the first merchants of Somerset county, and he there also owned two tanneries, and was accounted one of the leading citizens of his time in the county. He was of Prussian descent.

Dr. Allen G. Miller, the only living representative of his parents' family of five children, two sons and three daughters, accompanied his father on his removal to Allegany county, Maryland, when six years of age, and when fourteen the family home was established in Baltimore that state, the son receiving his educational training in the schools of Baltimore and Philadelphia, and also in the University of ^Maryland. Ha\ang decided to enter the medical profession, he became a student in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and completing the course therein returned to Somerset county, Pennsylvania, to engage in practice, there continuing until 1879, when he transferred his residence and the scene of his activities to South Bend. He first located on South Michigan street, where he was engaged in practice during the long period of twenty-five years, and in 1904 he removed to the corner of JMiller and Sample streets. In his practice the Doctor has made a specialty of chronic and complicated diseases, and is the proprietor of what is kno\ATi as the Neuropathic Remedies Laboratory, 721 East Sample street, where his remedies are compounded under his own supervision. He also owns the Dr. Miller Sanatorium and Northern Indiana Mineral Springs, located on the St. Joseph river between Mishawaka and South Bend, while at the present time he is planning to build a large observatory on Miller's Hill, which is claimed to be the highest point in the state of Indiana, and is located in Penn township, south and west of Mishawaka. In addition to all these varied interests, the most noted of which is his large and elegantly equipped laboratory, Dr. Miller owns the largest orchard in the county of St. Joseph, consisting of twenty thousand trees of various kinds of fruit, and which is located in Penn to^\'nship. In this township he is also the owner of Floral Park. He is one of the largest land o\\'ners in St. Joseph county, owning the

Aoutli portion of the Frantz addition to South Bend, also the Peterman addition, and he has five hundred and thirty acres of land in the coal regions of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, also four hundred and eighty acres of the finest timber land in Pennsylvania, consisting of poplar, basswood and oak timber. This tract is located on the Raystown branch of the Juniata river. Thus as a physician and business man. Dr. IMiller has made of life a grand success, and South Bend is fortunate that he has allied his interests with her.

In September, 1856, the Doctor married Susan Kimmel, whose death occurred on the 16th of November. 1886, aged forty -five years. She was the mother of fourteen children : Clara, born June 27, 1857 ; Horace M., March 4, 1858; Isaac X.. August 2, 1859; Elmer E., January 30, 1861 ; Edward S., August 8, 1862 ; one who died in infancy ; Frank D., born March 4, 1866 ; Anna A., May 28, 1869 ; Nora A., March 29, 1871 ; Mary M., April 28, 1872 ; an infant born January 15, 1874 : Cora E., February 2, 1875; Charles H., August 1, 1877 ; and an infant who was born and died in 1880. On the 21st of March, 1888, Dr. Miller married Jennie E. Sanderson. During his residence in the east the Doctor held membership with all the leading medical societies. He is well known throughout the state of Indiana in connection with the medical profession, for he has been eminently successful in his chosen field of endeavor, and the fraternity places him in its front ranks.

Hon. Wn.LiAM Webster Butterworth, M. D. Possibly there are no names upon the pages of the history of St. Joseph county that are more worthy of special mention in a work of this character than that which forms the caption of these memoirs. A name which was a household word in hundreds of homes - the name of Dr. AV. W. Butterworth, which stood for all that was grand and noble. In fact the name of Butterworth has been connected with affairs of the state and nation for over a century past, and the subject of this sketch was a most creditable representative of that grand old pioneer family, of Quaker stock.

William Webster Butterworth, M. D., (deceased) was born in Waynesville, Warren county, Ohio. His father, Benjamin Butterworth. was born in Campbell county, Virginia, and his father, Benjamin Butterworth, was a native of the same county. His father, Isaac Butterworth, was born in England and came to America in Colonial times and settled in Campbell county, where he spent the remainder of his days. His son Benjamin, grandfather of our subject, was reared and married in his native state, but in an early day removed from there to Ohio and settled on the Miami river in Warren county, where he was one of the first settlers. He purchased about one thousand five hundred acres of timbered land and first erected a log house, but later erected a commodious stone house, a large frame barn and other farm buildings. He and his sons were Abolitionists, and his home was a station on the "Under ground" railroad through which many a dusky slave passed en route to Canada. He resided here until his death, and the old homestead is now owned by his great-grandson. Professor Eugene Foster. The maiden name of his wife was Ara villa Gilbert, also a native of Virginia and of English ancestry. She reared the following children : Moorman, Benjamin, Polly, Millie, Betsy, Nancy, Samuel, Rachel, William and Thomas. The parents were members of the Society of Friends, and reared their children in that faith. Their son Benjamin was reared in his native state, and went to Ohio with his parents. His father gave him land in Waynesville, and his wife inherited land adjoining, so that he had an extensive farm. While living there he went to Michigan and bought government land in that state, and also came to Indiana and purchased land in St. Joseph county. In 1835 he sold his possessions in Ohio and emigrated to Indiana, accompanied by his family, making the entire journey with teams. He located about three miles south of LaPorte, where he purchased a tract of land and later added thereto until he owned nearly one thousand acres, and there he made his home till his death in 1869, aged seventy-four years. The maiden name of his wife was Judith Welch. She was born in Iredell county. North Carolina. Her father. Gilbert Welch, a native of Virginia, married Chloe Hendricks. She was one of seven sisters and was of Swedish ancestry, a lineal descendant of Gustavus Adolphus. Samuel Gilbert Welch removed ^\^th his family from North Carolina to Hillsboro. Ohio, and later to Waynesville. From there he came to Indiana and lived for a time, then returned to Waynesville and spent his last years there. He and his family were also members of the Society of Friends. Mrs. Benjamin Butterworth died at the homestead in LaPorte county in 1880. She reared eight children : Mary, William Webster, Isaac, Ruth, Moses, Sarah E., Benjamin Thomas and Turner.

The subject received his early education in the public schools of Waynesville and La ]*orte county, and supplemented this by a course in an advanced school at Greencastle, Indiana. He studied medicine at a medical college at LaPorte, and later graduated from a medical college in New York city, after which he commenced practice at Mishawaka. At the first call for troops in 1861 he was called upon by Governor ]\Iorton to go to the front as surgeon of the three months regiment. After the expiration of that term he was appointed surgeon of the Xinety-ninth regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was with the regiment in all its marches, campaigns and battles, including Sherman's march to the sea. He served until after the close of the war, and then returned to Mishawaka. He served for two terms as a member of the state legislature and during that time was instrumental in framing and passing many bills of general good. He was a personal friend of Governor Hendricks. He resumed his practice and continued until his death in 1888. December 7. He was twice married, first to Sarah J., a daughter of Elias Smith, of ]\Iishawaka, who died five years later. He was married to his second wife, Mrs. Eugene Kennedy, daughter of Milo Whitney and Sarah (Hall) Smith, and widow of Eugene Kennedy, in 1859. Milo Whitney Smith was born in Benson, Vermont, and his father Judge Smith, was a native of England and on removing to America settled in Benson, where he spent the remainder of his days. The father of ]\Irs. Butterworth attended the State University at Burlington, and later went to Richmond, Virginia, and attended the State University there. While in Richmond he married Sarah Thorston Hall, daughter of William Hall, a native of England, who on emigrating to America settled in Hanover countj^ Virginia, where he bought a plantation which he operated by slave labor. After his marriage Mr. Smith returned to Benson, Vermont, and entered into the practice of law. He became prominent in public affairs and served as a representative in the state legislature. About 1851 he came to Indiana and located at Pl\Tnouth. where he practiced for a time, and then removed to Mishawaka and resided there until his death in 1860, aged sixty-two years. His wife survived him several years. She reared six children: Carrie Virginia, widow of E. A. Sherwood; Mrs. Butterworth: ^lelvina A., who married David Smith of Mishawaka; Milo Agustus; Mary Louise, who married Jerry L. Taylor; and Ella, who married Dr. W. H. Hanford, of South Bend.

To Dr. and Mrs. Butten\'orth there were born three children, William Eugene, deputy postmaster at Mishawaka ; Dr. Charlie M., a practicing physician of South Bend ; and Camilla, superintendent of the kindergarten at the Laurel school.

Dr. Butterworth had a winning personality, a genuine appreciation of manly principles, a noble purpose and a pure heart. He was generous, and his innumerable acts of kindness were unostentatiously and quietly performed. Of a philosophical turn of mind, he saw the best in his friends and life in general, and thus brought the best of friends to him. He was all that can be termed a manly man; . large in sympathy, the depth and wealth of his friendships, and above all the love of his fellow men, most applicable to him is "Homer's Requiem to a Departed Hero:" ' ' Xe "er to the chambere where the mighty rest Since their foundation came a nobler guest ; Xor e 'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit, a more welcome shade."

William E. Butterworth. the deputy postmaster of Mishawaka, is one of the native sons of this city, his natal day being the 17th of October, 1860. His father, W. W. Butterworth, was a native of Virginia, but in an early day he removed with his parents to La Porte, Indiana, and later came to Mishawaka, where he was one of the best known physicians of the early days, practicing his profession here for forty-six years. It was in this city that he was married to Sarah M. Smith, by whom he had one daughter, now deceased, and after the death of the wife and mother he married Sarah E. Smith, the widow of Eugene Kennedy. Their union was blessed by the birth of three children: William E., whose name introduces this review ; Dr. C. M. Butterworth, of South Bend: and Camilla, a kindergarten teacher in the Laurel school of South Bend.

After completing his education in the public schools of ]\Iishawaka. William E. Butterworth engaged in the drug business, thus continuing from 1880 until 1892. while for three years he was also engao-ed iu the wood and coal business. In 1898 he became the deputy postmaster of ^lishawaka, first under Mr. G-aylor and later under ]Mr. Shaw, the present postmaster. He is a popular oliicial, systematic and careful in the discharge of his duties, courteous to all, and no man connected with the oiBce has a greater number of friends than has he. He is also connected with the agricultural interests of the count}', and is the owner of one hundred and forty acres of land in the eastern part of Mishawaka.

In 1887 Mr. Butterworth was united in marriage to Ella, the daughter of William and Emily (Gril^in) Skerritt and a native of Mishawaka. Mr. Butterworth is a stanch Republican in his political affiliations, and, a life-long resident of Mishawaka, he is well and favorably known to its citizens.

George A. Osborn, M. D. During many years Dr. Osborn was engaged in the practice of medicine in South Bend, and in that time endeared himself to many friends, so that his death was deeply mourned throughout this section of the county. He was born on the Ohio river in ]\Iadison county, Indiana, February 28, 1823, his father, Isaac Osborn, having been extensively engaged in shipping t)u the river. The son, however, was reared in Clinton county, Ohio, receiving his early literaiy training in its public schools, and later pursued a scientific and medical course in Indianapolis, Indiana. For about fifteen years after leaving college he was engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in Lafayette, Indiana, and in 1886 he arrived in South Bend, resmning his medical practice, which was continued until within a few years of his death. His busy and useful life was ended on the 5th of November, 1903. His long professional career was attended with marked success, while in private life he gained that warm personal regard which arises from true nobility of character, kindliness and geniality. He exemplified in his life the beneficent spirit of the Masonic order, of Avhich he was long a faithful member, and he was also a member of the Medical Society of Indiana.

On the 22d of December, 1846, Dr. Osborn was united in marriage to Dr. Margaret A. Fannon, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, April 30. 1827, the daughter of John and Helen (]\IcGrath) Fannon, both also natives of that commonwealth. The father, who was an agriculturist, moved to Pickaway county, Ohio, about 1827, while six years later, in 1833, he took up his abode in Clinton coimty, that state, where his death occurred in 1834. Mrs. Fannon was but thirty-six years of age when she was called to the home beyond, the husband and wife dying on the same day, leaving their three little children, two sons and a daughter, homeless and parentless. Their daughter ]\Iargaret was then but seven years of age, and she was bound out to a family namecl Hoblit, Avith whom she lived until eighteen years old, in the meantime pursuing her education in the public school until she had reached her fourteenth year. She later graduated at the Ladies Commercial College of Xenia, Ohio, and after her marriage began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of her husband and a Professor Brown. She practiced during the war of 1860-65, and had been actively engaged in the profession for ten years before she received her license, but in the meantime had attended the Indiana Medical College. During a long period of years she has continued the practice of medicine in Lafayette and South Bend, in the time winning for herself a name and place among its leading practitioners, and she now confines her duties to office work. She is the mother of eight children, namely : Eugene B., of Milwaukee, "Wisconsin; Stephen P., a farmer of St. Joseph county; Sarah E.. the wife of David M. Reed, of Lafayette, Indiana; Georgiana, the widow of F. W. Brown and a resident of South Bend; Chase S., a prominent journalist of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ; Horace E., at home; Charlie, of Jackson, Michigan; W. D., a plumber of South Bend. Dr. Osborn and his wife took up their abode in South Bend during an early epoch in its history, and during the intervening years which have since come and gone they have witnessed many changes, while they also performed their full share in its wonderful development and improvement. During many years they continued the journey of life together until one, tired and worn, lay down to rest, while the other continues on alone until she too shall be called to lay aside the burdens and responsibilities of this life and join her husband in the home beyond.

W. H. Hanford, M. D. For many years Dr. Hanford has traveled life's journey, and now in the evening of a long, useful and honorable career, he is enjoying a well earned rest, relieved of the burdens and responsi- bilities of a professional life, for through many deqades he was engaged in the practice of both medicine and dentistry. He was born about seven miles from Springfield, in Clark county, Ohio, August 15, 1825, his parents being Henry and Harriet (Chamberlain) Hanford, the former of English and the latter of Welsh descent. The father was reared in his native state of Connecticut, where he followed the dual occupation of farming and coopering, and at one time was engaged in business in what is now Cincinnati, Ohio. When a boy he was associated with the Beecher family, and- he often held the little daughter Harriet upon his lap. He continued to make his home at Lewistown, Logan county, Ohio, for many years, his death there occurring when he had reached the eightysecond milestone on the journey of life, but his wife preceded him to the home beyond, dying at the age of seventy-five years. In their family were seven children, all of whom grew to years of maturity, but all have now passed away with the exception of a son and daughter, the latter being Lottie MeKennon, of Lewistown, Ohio.

Dr. Hanford. the sixth child in order of birth, was about twelve years of age at the time of the removal of the family to Logan county, Ohio, receiving his education in both Springfield and Lewistown, and he was early inured to the work of the farm. After completing his education he was engaged for about three years in the printing business, but on the expiration of that period began the study of medicine at Bellefontaine, Ohio. Coming to Indiana when about seventeen years of age, he resumed the study of medicine at Lebanon, Boone county, and after completinp- his studies began the practice of medicine at Republic, Ohio, where he remained for about two years. For some time following Dr. Hanford was engaged in the practice of his profession at Elgin, Illinois, and he then entered upon the dental profession, thus continuing in that city for about two years. He then moved to Sycamore, Illinois, and in 1865 came to South Bend, Indiana, where for a long period he was engaged in both the practice of medicine and dentistry, being without doubt the oldest practitioner in the state of Indiana. He gained an enviable reputation as a successful practitioner, the result of thorough technical information and skill, for he made deep and careful research into the

Dr. Hanford was married in 1864, but his wife has preceded him to the home beyond. Their three children are Carrie, a music teacher of ability and organist of St. Paul's church, and William Arthur and Chester 0., of South Bend. The doctor is independent in his political affiliations, preferring to cast his ballot for the men whom he regards as best qualified for their respective positions, and at all times he has been safely relied upon to use his influence in the advancement of whatever has been for the good of the community.

Ryan T. Van Pelt, M. D. In the medical profession advancement is not easily secured, but the high position which Dr. Van Pelt now occupies in the medical fraternity demonstrates the fact that he is well informed concerning the principles of the science, and has therefore been accorded a liberal patronage. He was born in LaPorte, LaPorte county, Indiana, on the 4th of May, 1852. His father, Ryan Van Pelt, Sr., was a native of Pennsylvania, but was reared in Ohio and was a farmer by occupation. In an early day in its development he came to Indiana, and although removing to Illinois in 1861, he afterward returned to this state, and here the remainder of his life was spent, passing away in death at the age of eighty-seven years. He was of Holland descent. Ere his removal from Pennsylvania he married Catherine Van Pelt, and she, too, passed away at the age of eighty-seven years. In their family were twelve children, namely: Mariah; Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Mary; Sarah; Amanda; Abner; Aaron, who laid down his life on the altar of his country in the Civil war; Jacob, also deceased; Eliza, the wife of Reese Stephens, of South Bend; John, who served four years in the war of the rebellion and is now a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Catherine, the wife of Henry C. Wheeler, of South Bend.

Dr. Ryan T. Van Pelt, the youngest of the twelve children, was reared in both Indiana and Illinois, having been about eight years of age when he accompanied his father on the removal to Kankakee of the latter state, where he continued his education in the city schools. Returning thence to LaPorte in 1865, he completed his literary training, graduating from the high school with the class of 1869.

Shortly thereafter he took up the study of medicine in the Rush Medical College of Chicago, where he completed the course and was graduated in 1877, after which for a short time he served as interne in the Cook County Hospital, one of the largest hospitals of that city. From 1878 until 1890 Dr. Van Pelt was engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in Mishawaka, Indiana, after which he returned to Chicago and opened an office in the Lexington hotel. Twenty-second street and Michigan avenue, as a house physician. After a continuous and lucrative practice of thirteen years in Chicago the doctor came to South Bend, his pleasant and well equipped office being located at 222 South Lafayette street. He is a member of the American Medical Society, the St. Joseph County and the Indiana State Medical Societies and the Rush Alumni. Throughout the long period in which Dr. Van Pelt has been a representative of the medical profession he has maintained his position among the leaders of the fraternity and has won a large and lucrative practice.

In 1885 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Van Pelt and Mrs. Hattie L. Simpson, the widow of Col. John E. Simpson, of St. Louis, and a daughter of Dr. M. G. Sherman, of Michigan City, Indiana. Mrs. Van Pelt was born in Ogdensburg, New York, and received her education in the' eastern states. The Doctor married for his second wife, Miss Mary A. Goggin, of Chicago, June 26, 1907. He is a stanch Republican, and fraternally is a member of the Knights of P>i;hias and the Eagles.

E. M. Drollinger. Many years of selfdenying labor in the service of suffering humanity is the resume of the life of this honored physician of South Bend. Being of broad and liberal mind, and having enjoyed the advantages of a good education, he has had the interests of the people deeply at heart, and his influence has been exerted at all times as the champion of progress. He was born in Laporte county, Indiana, on the 6th of June, 1853, a son of Gabriel and Mary E. (Chapman) Drollinger, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of New York.

The literary training of their son, E. M. Drollinger, was received in the excellent public schools of Laporte, and after completing his studies there and haVing decided upon the medical profession as a life work he entered the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical Institute, where he was graduated in 1878. In the following year, 1879, he came to South Bend and opened an office for the practice of medicine, where he has practiced for many years and is the loved family physician in many a household.

In 1878, the year of his graduation from his medical college, Dr. Drollinger married Miss Mary A. Jarrell, of Marshall county, Indiana, and they have one daughter.

N. G. BoRisowiCG, M. D. In the medical profession advancement comes only through true merit, and that Dr. Borisowicg has a large and representative patronage is indicative of his skill and ability. He was born in Russian Poland, February 14, 1852, and after completing his literary education in his native country began the study of medicine, graduating from the medical department of the Imperial University of Harkow, Russia, in 1886. From the time of his graduation until his emigration to America in 1889 he was engaged in practice in the province of Kursk, Poland, and after his arrival in this country he located at Toledo, Ohio, and resumed his profession. On the 27th of November, 1892, the Doctor arrived in South Bend, Indiana, where he has ever since been engaged in the active practice of his profession. In his long identification with this city he has gained distinction in the line of his chosen calling, for he has ever been an earnest and discriminating student, and now holds a leading place among the medical practitioners of northern Indiana.

Dr. Borisowicg was married in Pennsylvania to Clementena Dydzinska, also a native of Russian Poland, and their pleasant and attractive residence is located on Chapin street, which was built in 1904 and where the doctor also has his well equipped office.

John Cassidy, M. D. A man's worth in the world is determined by his usefulness and by what he has accomplished for his fellowmen, and he is certainly deserving of the greatest honor and regard whose efforts have been of the greatest benefit to humanity. And to none is there so great an opportunity given as to the physician and surgeon, and a work of this character would certainly be incomplete did it not enroll on its historical pages the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this article. In private life he is distinguished by all that makes the true gentleman, one that subordinates personal ambition to public good, and seeks the benefit of others, - morally, physically and intellectually - rather than the aggrandizement of self. Endowed by nature with high intellectual qualities to which may be added years of practical experience as a physician and surgeon. Dr. Cassidy needs no introduction, for he has been the well known and loved family physician in the homes of St. Joseph county for a great many years.

Dr. John Cassidy was born in Linden township, Washtenaw county, Michigan. His father, John Cassidy, was born in county Monaghan, Ireland, where his parents were life-long residents. His brothers, Hugh, Cornelius and JNIichael, and sisters, Mary, Ellen and Catherine, all came to America, and in due time settled in ^Michigan. The father of our subject was the youngest, and the last to come to America. He joined his brothers and sisters in New York, where he lived for a time, and then went to Chatham, New Jersey, and lived there until 1836. He then started for the territory of Michigan, having been commissioned by his brothers and brothers-in-law to buy land for them. He located in Linden township, Washtenaw county, and entered several tracts of government land, making the journey to Detroit and return on horseback. At this time and for some years after there were no railroads in Michigan. Deer, wild turkeys and other kinds of wild game were plentiful. He immediately commenced improvements by building a log cabin and then commenced to improve the land. In 1838 his wife and child joined him in their western home. He engaged in general farming and stock raising and was the first to introduce sheep into Linden. He was successful, and in due time erected a brick house, a commodious barn, and other farm buildings, and resided there till his death, at a good old age. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Rose Timmons. She was born in county Fermanagh, Ireland. A brother, ]\Iichael. and two sisters, Margaret and SiLsanna. came to America. Their mother also came and spent her last years with her children, and died at the advanced age of ninety-eight years. The parents of our subject reared seven children, named : Margaret. John, Thomas. William, Mary, Rose and Susanna.

the Ypsilanti high school. After completing his course there he entered Notre Dame University at South Bend and graduated from there with the degree of B.S., and later received the degree of M.S. He had as tutors in the different institutions of learning, Duane Doty, who was later superintendent of schools in Chicago ; Col. R. W. Johnson, late of Elkhart; Judge Howard O'Brien of Minnesota and Judge Rose of Auburn, and Professor Bacon. After completing his course at Notre Dame, he studied medicine at Ann Arbor one year, then entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, and graduated from that institution in 1868, and commenced practice in South Bend, where he has practiced continuously since. He was married in 1870 to Cecilia Ascher. She was born in New London. Ohio, a daughter of Hermann and Sabrina (King) Ascher, the father a native of Konigsberg, Germany, and the mother of New York state. Dr. and Mrs. Cassidy have eight children: Edith (now Mrs. Connelly) of Detroit; jNIinnie, Rose, Sophia, John, Bertha, Thomas and Marjorie. The family are members of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church. The children have all studied at the State University at Ann Arbor. Two have graduated from that institution, and three are now students there.

William Augustus Weiser, M. D. Among those who have attained distinctive prestige in the practice of medicine and whose success has come as the logical result of thorough technical information and skill stands Dr. Weiser, who is a man of scholarly attainments and who has made deep and careful research into the science to which he has devoted his life. He is a descendant of the sturdy, persevering and honorable sons of Germany, for his father, Adam Weiser, was a native of the fatherland, and was a member of the medical profession, as was also his grandfather. The former served as a soldier in the German army, but being opposed to the government of that time, as were also many notable Germans, he escaped to this country at the same time as Carl Schurz, in 1848, first settling in New Jersey. He afterward removed to Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and finally located in Butler county, Pennsylvania, where he practiced medicine until he was accidentally killed at a railroad crossing on the 10th of January, 1900, when he was seventy-seven years of age. He was a typical American citizen, thoroughly in harmony with the spirit of till' republic, and during the Civil war he valiantly fought as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regiment of Pennsjdvania Infantry. Mrs. Weiser bore the maiden name of Catherine Werner, and was also a native of Germany. She was also accidentally killed, as the result of a fall, on January 10, 1866, and her father met his death in exactly the same manner in 1894, at the remarkable age of one hundred and four years.

"William Augustus Weiser was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 6th of March, 1852, and when but twelve years of age was obliged to begin the battle of life for himself. At that time he was taken from school to work as a gathering boy, he being the only boy in Bellevernon who could speak the German language. This accomplishment was then quite necessary, as the glass blowers all came from the fatherland. What educational training he received in the earlier years was obtained in the schools of Fayette county, and he was obliged to walk four miles in order to enjoy their privileges. He holds a certificate from a medical school of Chicago, and was elected regent in Pennsylvania under the act of 1881, also in Michigan under the act of 1899. and pursued a post-graduate course in the Chicago Medical College. Dr. Weiser was made professor of pharmacology in Indianapolis, a director in the Bourbon Medical Institute, and is a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association and exsecretary of the Marshall County Pharmaceutical Association. For a time he studied law and was admitted to practice in Marshall county in 1898, but his entire professional career has been devoted to the medical profession, having practiced in Michigan, South Dakota and is registered in Oklahoma, Illinois and Indiana. He came to South Bend in 1904, and has won prominence in the medical fraternity of this city.

In 1891 the doctor was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Lewallen, whose family is a prominent one in Marshall county and is of Welsh descent. He is a member of the United Brethren church, and, fraternally, of the IMasonic Lodge No. 227, of Bourbon, Indiana, the Red Men, Loyal Americans, and St. Joseph County Grange, Society No. 584, with which his wife is also identified. The doctor - is also about to join the Sons of Veterans, Grand Army of the Republic, and

Edward E. Paxson. During the years of Dr. Paxson 's connection in South Bend he has won for himself a place of distinction in the dental fraternity in this part of the state. He has now an office well equipped with modern appliances for the conduct of his business, and he ever keeps in touch with the advancement that is continually being made in the profession, utilizing modern methods and adding to this a superior mechanical skill which is one of the strong elements of success in the dental practitioner.

The doctor was born in Elkhart county, Indiana, on the 11th of December, 1864, a son of Eli W. and Elizabeth (Vesey) Paxson, the father born in Virginia, and the mother in Vermont. The father, who was born in 1825, removed to Elkhart county in 1835, where he was long engaged in agricultural pursuits, and he still resides at Bristol in that county at the age of eighty-two years. Dr. Paxson attended the public schools of South Bend during his boyhood days, and graduated from the high school in 1883. Choosing the profession of dentistry as a life work he then entered the dental department of the University of Michigan, in which he was graduated in 1887, and in the same year came to South Bend and opened an office for the practice of his profession. He is a member of the Michigan State Dental Society and of the South Western Michigan Dental Society.

Frank D. Hager, D. D. S. Dr. Hager, one of the leaders in the ranks of the dental fraternity in South Bend, with offices at 108 West 'Washington street, was born in Hagersville, Ontario^ December 14, 1871, the sixth son of Charles and Mary Hager, who were natives of Canada. After attending the parochial and high schools of his native city of Hagersville their son Frank entered the Caledonia Institute, where he completed the course and was graduated, and to still further perfect himself in his literary studies then became a student in the normal school, there preparing himself for the teacher's profession. But after teaching for a short time in Canada he entered the dental office of Dr. Nobbs, while in 1896 he graduated from the Chicago Dental College and in the same year came to South Bend and began the practice of his chosen profession. From that time forward Dr. Hager has steadily advanced in his work, keeping in touch -v^dtli its onward progress, and the prestige which he has gained is indicated by the liberal patronage which he receives.

In 1899 the doctor was married to Adalyn Von Trump, whose father, C. C. Trump, is a well known resident of South Bend, where the daughter was born and received her education. One child has been born of this union, Frances Adalyn. Dr. Hager is a member of the Northern Indiana Dental Society and the Chicago Alumni Association, while his fraternal relations connect him with the Elks and the Masons in South Bend. Dr. Hager is also well known in the musical circles of this city, having received an excellent musical education, and is now basso in the choir of the First Presbyterian church, also a member of the male quartette and is engaged in much concert work.

S. M. McDonald, D. D. S. Since entering the professional world Dr. McDonald has steadily advanced step by step until he has won for himself a place of distinction in the dental fraternity of northern Indiana. His palatial offices at 102 South Michigan street, South Bend, are equipped with modern appliances, and he ever keeps in touch with the advancement made in dentistry. At a very early day in its development, in 1847, John Milton ]\IcDonald, the father of the doctor and a native of Ohio, came with ox teams to South Bend, being then about twelve years of age, and was accompanied on the journey by his parents and other members of their family. From that early day he has remained an honored resident of this city and St. Joseph county, where with his wife, nee Elizabeth Ouderkirk, a native of New York, they are enjoying the fruits of long years of toil in the past. In their family were ten children, eight of whom grew to years of maturity.

The much lamented Charles Albert McDonald, a brother of the doctor and eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. McDonald, passed away December 14, 1905, at forty-six years of age. His untimely and regrettable death was due to typhoid fever mistakenly diagnosed and treated as malaria. At the time of his death, Mr. McDonald was city editor of the South Bend Times, a leading daily and semi-weekly newspaper, and was also one of the principal stockholders and founders of the Times Printing company, an institution he was devotedly identified with for a quarter

Dr. McDonald, the seventh in order of birth of his parents' children, is a native of South Bend, and in its public schools received his early literary training. He then attended the Kansas City Dental College, from which he was graduated in 1895. and since 1899 he has been actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in the city of his birth, being now an acknowledged leader in the ranks of the fraternity. But outside of his profession Dr. McDonald has also achieved a worthy success, for he is a true railroad man and is now serving as president of the Chicago, St. Louis & Kansas City Electric Railway company's project. He is recognized as a railroad promoter, and was one of the organizers of the latter company. During the Spanish- American war the doctor enlisted as a member of the One Hundred and Fiftyseventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving as brigade dental surgeon throughout the entire struggle, and at its close returned to his home in South Bend and resumed the practice of dentistry. He has made of life a success, and were one to seek for its secret it would be found in that persistent purpose which has been a motive power in his life to make the world brighter and better by putting to the best use all that he is and has.

James B. G-reene, M. D.. who is one of the leading physicians and surgeons of St. Joseph countv, was born in Lower Sanduskv, Ohio, :\Iay 29, 1845. His father, John L. Greene, a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, removed to Ohio with his father in 1813, the family locating on a farm of three hundred and twenty acres. This proved poor land, however, and was later sold for one thousand dollars, considered a large price at that time, although it is now located in the very heart of the city of Cleveland. In the journey to the Buckeye state Abraham Garfield drove a team for Mr. Greene, Sr., and in the party was also Mary Ballou, who gave her hand in marriage to Abraham Gai*field after their arrival in Ohio, and their union resulted in the birth of James A. Garfield, the loved and honored president of the United States. John L. Greene took up the study of law and became a prominent member of the bar of Ohio, also a judge of the common pleas court for many years, his son, John L., Jr., succeeding him both in practice and on the bench. His death occurred on the 8th of November, 1879, when he had reached the age of eighty-seven years. He had married Marie Rosetta Du Comb a native of Bordeaux, France, whose father was a sailor and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the first man to run the British blockade in 1812. The subject of this review is a representative of a military family on both the maternal and paternal sides. His paternal grandfather, who was born at Valley Forge, was a soldier in the war of 1812, his father, Eleazer Greene, having been a captain in the Continental army at the time, while the latter's father was the well known Nathaniel Greene. Dr. Greene's father and eldest brother were soldiei*s in the Mexican war, while seven brothers and himself served in the war of the rebellion, and his youngest brother. ^Marshal, too young to serve in the Civil war, took part in the Spanish war and was killed at Manila.

James B. Greene, one of a family of twelve children, but all of whom are now deceased with the exception of himself and brother Vincent Du Comb, superintendent of the Automatic Telephone Company of Chicago, received his education in the schools of Ohio, while his professional studies were pursued in the Cleveland Medical College, in which he graduated in 1867, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, completing the course in the latter institution in 1890. On the 1st of June, 1867, he opened an office in Woodland, St. Joseph county, for the practice of his chosen profession, but in the following year came to Mishawaka. His preparation for the medical profession was thorough and comprehensive, and since his entrance thereto has won high encomiums from the public and profession. Dr. Greene was the first local man to attempt abdominal surgery, in which he met with great success and has established for himself a reputation as a specialist in that particular branch all over northern Indiana. Previous to entering upon the study of medicine the doctor, in April, 1861, enlisted for service in the Civil war, becoming a member of the Eighth Ohio Infantry, and in September, 1861, he went out with the Third Ohio Cavalry, from which he was discharged in November, 1865, for the war had then ended. Throughout the period of his enlistment he never received a furlough and during the entire time w^as at the front from the battle of Shiloh, under Sherman and Thomas, until the capture of Jeff Davis.

The marriage of Dr. Greene w^as celebrated in January, 1868, when Mary E. Hagey, a native of Carroll county, Ohio, and a daughter of Jonathan Hagey, became his wife. They have become the parents of five children, of whom two are living. The doctor is a member of the Masonic order, the Grand Army of the Republic, Houghton Post, the ]\Iishawaka Physicians Club, the County Medical Society, the Thirteenth District Medical Society, the Tri State Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American ^ledical Association. His political support is given to the Republican party, and although an active and public spirited citizen the only office which he has held has been that of president of the medical examining board for twelve years. He is an enthusiastic hunter, and shot the last deer killed in St. Joseph county. The doctor can speak both French and German fluently, being self-taught in those languages, and at all times he has commanded the respect and esteem of his fellow men by his superior intellectual attainments and his upright life. On the evening of June 3, 1907, the members of the medical profession of Mishawaka met at the residence of Dr. Stroup and marched to the home of Dr. Greene to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of his medical practice in St. Joseph county. In token of their appreciation of his ability and efforts they presented him with an elegant goldheaded cane, beautifully chased and engraved.

James G. Bostwick, M. D. One of the honored younger representatives of the medical profession in Mishawaka. Dr. Bostwick is laboring unceasingly in his calling, striving to do all in his power toward the amelioration of the ' ' ills to which the flesh is heir. ' ' and is succeeding to a gi-atifying degree in his noble endeavors. His birth occurred in this city on the 23d of August, 1878, where his father, William Bostwick, has for many years been well known as a traveling man. He was born in Lakeville, Connecticut, but came to St. Joseph county, Indiana, some time in the '70s and was married to Mary A. Grimes, the daughter of Dr. James F. and Caroline E. Grimes, honored early pioneers of St. Joseph county and also early residents of IMishawaka. Mrs. i3ostwick was called frdiu this life on the

Dr. James G. Bostwick, the eldest and only living child, is a member of the alumni of the Mishawaka high school, and was also for a time a student in the University of Indiana at Bloomington, where his close application to his studies gained him a broad literary training, and enabled him to enter upon the study of the profession which he had chosen as a life work. Entering the Rush Medical College of Chicago, he graduated therein on June 18, 1902, and at once began the practice of medicine in Mishawaka, the city of his birth, where he has built up an excellent practice and is rapidly winning the commendation of the public and his professional brethren.

On the 15th of June, 1904, Dr. Bostwick married Mable E. Gay lor, the daughter of Albert and Mary Gaylor, and they have one son, William G. The doctor is a member of the Physicians 'Club of Mishawaka, also of the State, County and American Medical Societies, and of the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias. His professional popularity has led to his selection as secretary of the city board of health, and he is well and favorably known to the citizens of his native county and city.

Chris A. Dresch, M. D. Dr. Dresch, who is rapidly winning for himself a name and place among the leading medical practitioners of St. Joseph county, was born in Goshen, Indiana, May 23, 1878, a son of Christian and Anna (Wianubach) Dresch, both natives of Germany. When about twenty years of age the father sailed from his native land to America, and making his way to Goshen, Indiana, became one of the first business men of that city, where he was extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits. His life labors were ended in death when he had reached the age of fifty-four years, but the wife and mother was seventy-one years of age ere she was called to the home beyond. They became the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters, all of whom grew to years of maturity.

Dr. Dresch, the youngest of the family, spent the early years of his life in the city of his birth, receiving his early literary training in its public schools, and in 1893 he went to Denver, Colorado, and entered the Rocky Mountain University, graduating in its medical department in 1898, before he had reached his twenty-fii-st year. On his twenty-first birthday, however, he received his diploma, and for two and a half years he remained at Pueblo, Colorado, in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's hospital. In 1900 he went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and entered the Medico- Chirurgical College, where he completed the course and graduated the following year. Thus with an excellent medical training to serve as the foundation of his life work Dr. Dresch came to Mishawaka in the same year of his graduation, 1900, and has here gained distinction in the line of his chosen calling. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical Society and the Physicians Club of Mishawaka, and through his connection with these organizations, as well as through constant study, he keeps in close touch with his profession in its advance toward perfection.

In 1900 Dr. Dresch was united in marriage to Elizabeth Sears, who was born in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of T. H. Sears, a resident of Pueblo, Colorado. One little daughter has been born to bless this union, Elizabeth. Dr. Dresch has membership relations with the ^Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America, all of Mishawaka. Both in professional and social life he inspires friendship of unusual strength, and all who Ivnow him have the highest admiration for his many noble characteristics.

William Field Wood, M. D. In a comparison of the relative value to mankind of the various professions and pursuits to which men devote their time and energies, it is widely recognized that none is more important than the medical profession. From the cradle to the grave human destiny is largely in the hands of the physician, not only on account of the effect he may have on the physical system, but also upon man's mental and moral nature. In a review of Dr. Wood's life one of his principal features is his use of this power.

From sterling Canadian ancestors has the Doctor descended; from earnest, upright, sturdy men, and women of piety and grace of character. His father, Alpheus Field Wood, was for many years connected with the Dominion government under the late Sir John A. MacDonald, and for twenty years served as government valuator for the railway and canals department, while for twelve years he was elected as a member of the legislative assembly of the provincial government

In his early youth Dr. W. Field Wood, who was born at Madoc, Ontario, June 3, 1867, was sent to Upper Canada College at Toronto, a government school modeled after Rugby College in England, where he was prepared for the University of Toronto, there pursuing the arts course. It was, however, his earnest and cherished desire to enter the medical profession, and accordingly he entered the medical department of the University of McGill College at Montreal, where he studied for one year, and then to further perfect himself in his chosen profession he went abroad and studied three semesters under the direction of the conjoint examination board of Great Britain in the Royal University of Berlin. And it is here worthy of mention to note tliat Dr. Wood visited in Germany during the ninety days' reign of the late Emperor Frederick, thus having the unusual pleasure of seeing the throne occupied by three different emperors. After the completion of his studies abroad he returned to his home and attended three sessions of the medical faculty of Queen University at Kingston, Ontario, graduating in that famous medical institution in 1891. In November of the same year the doctor came to Mishawaka and embarked on the professional sea, where he has built up a large and remunerative general practice. He holds a membership in the Landsmannschaft Normannia, a most ancient and distinguished corps of Berlin University, and is also an elder in the Zeta Psi fraternity, an exclusive organization which has existed for sixty years among the leading colleges of this country, while to further perfect himself along professional lines and to keep abreast of the advances which are constantly being made in the medical world he is associated with the American Medical Association and with the State and County Medical Societies.

In 1890 Dr. Wood was united in marriage to Mina A. H. McKinnon, a daughter of David McKinnon, a distinguished barrister of Hamilton, Ontario, but whose death occurred in Mishawaka in 1893. The doctor afterward, in 1895, married Mary Radomska, of this city, and his family residence is at 113 East Third street, Mishawaka. Honored alike by all, he is well worthy to be represented in a history of the leading men of St. Joseph county.

Dr. James F. Grimes, the oldest practicing physician of Mishawaka, has been closely identified with the progress and development of St. Joseph county throughout the period of his long and active business life, and none of her citizens have manifested greater public spirit or more earnest interest in the reduction of the country from a wilderness to a fertile land of fine farms and a flourishing little city. His birth occurred in Frederick county, Maryland, April 13,, 1825, and he is of Irish descent. When he was a little lad of eight years his father, who was also a native of Frederick county, and a farmer by occupation, moved to Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio, where the little son grew to mature years and received his literary education. When he had reached the age of twenty-one years he began the study of medicine in Tiffin, and later, about 1851, graduated from the Eclectic School or College of Cincinnati, Ohio. In the same year he came to Mishawaka and engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, and during the fifty-six years which have since rolled their course he has continued one of the city's valued and useful residents, winning success in the medical profession, and thoroughly deserving the genuine praise which is freely accorded him by those who have known him almost a lifetime.

In Ohio Dr. Grimes was married to Caroline E. Harris, a native of England, but she was reared in America and died in Mishawaka on the 14th of March, 1906. Of their family of four children two are now living, Mrs. R. E. Window and Harriet E., the wife of E. V. Bingham, also of this city, whose history will be found elsewhere in this work. Dr. Grimes owns one hundred and twenty acres of land in Madison township, St. Josepli county. During his early life he voted with the Whig party, and at the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks, being one of the forty now living in this county who voted for its first presidential nominee, Fremont, and since that time ho has continued to support each of its presidential candidates with the exception of Greeley. He has always taken an active part in the public affairs of the locality, and at one time served as the trustee of Mishawaka. Faithful and true in all the relations of life, he need have few regrets in looking back along the pathway by

Harriet L. Lindt, M. D. To those familiar with the residents of Mishawaka Dr. Harriet L. Lindt needs no introduction, for her efforts in behalf of the medical profession have gained her a reputation not confined to the limits of the locality. In all that tends to her chosen profession she has taken a deep interest, and her zeal has heen of that practical kind that secured results immediate and beneficial. Mishawaka may well be proud to claim her as a daughter, for her career has been one which reflects honor upon her adopted city. She was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 18, 1878. Her father, John Lindt, was a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, where he was also reared and educated, and became a lawyer of note, receiving his professional training in the Oberlin Law School. About 1873 he came west, locating in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he continued his practice of the law and also took an active part in the public affairs of the community. During the war of 1861-65 he nobly put aside all personal considerations and offered his service to his country's cause, and is now department commander for Iowa in the Grand Army of the Republic. In Mishawaka, Indiana, he was married to Sarah Grififin, a native daughter of this city. Her father, Stephen Griffin, was one of the early pioneers in St. Joseph county and Mishawaka, and was one of the first blacksmitlis in the county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lindt continue to reside in Council Bluffs, where they are well known and honored residents.

Harriet L. Lindt, their only child, received her literary training in the schools of Council Bluffs, and after its completion entered the John A. Creighton Medical College, of Omaha, Nebraska, to prepare for her chosen life work, graduating in that well known institution in 1900. During the following two years she was engaged in practice in Omaha, but in January, 1903, eame to Mishawaka, the birthplace of her mother, and entered upon the career w^hich has been so fruitful of good works, kind deeds and loving ministrations. Dr. Lindt is a member of the Omaha Medical Society, and of the Episcopal church. She is and has been a discriminating student, and has gained distinction in the line of her chosen calling. Her strong mentality and intellectual attainments, her broad sympathy and charity and her pleasing social qualities have rendered her very popular and won her the love of many with whom she has been associated in the active pursuits of life.

Henry J. Graham, M. D., who is recognized as one of the most prominent physicians of Mishawaka, was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, April 28, 1878, the son of John and Rebecca (McLellan) Graham, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of Canada. She is now deceased, but the husband and father survives, still residing in Canada. After his graduation from the Glencoe high school of Ontario, Canada, the son Henry became a student in the Detroit jNIedical College, where he completed the course and graduated in 1900. During the two years following this important event he was connected with the Detroit hospital, while for one year he had charge of the Jackson, Michigan, hospital. In 1903 Dr. Graham became a resident of Mishawaka, where he immediately opened an office for the practice of his chosen profession, and has ever since enjoyed a large and representative patronage. In 'he line of his profession he is a member of the St. Joseph County Medical Society, the Ft. Wayne Medical Society and the Jackson County Medical Society, thus being enabled to keep pace with the many new discoveries which are constantly being made in the science. Fraternally the doctor has membership relations with the IMasonic order, the Knights of Pvthias, the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, all of Mishawaka.

Dr. Theodore P. Mover is acknowledged a leader in the rank? of the dental fraternity in South Bend, and he has risen to his present enviable position through earnest study, closeapplication and marked ability. With a nature that could not be content with mediocrity and prompted by a laudable ambition to rise in his profession, he has steadily advanced and gained prestige that is indicated by the regard which his fellow practitioners entertain for him and by the liberal patronage which he receives. He was born in St. Catherines, Lincoln county, Ontario, Canada, on the 8th of January, 1869, a son of David H. and Anna Moyer, both also natives of Canada.

pursued in Buffalo, New York, graduating from the University of Buffalo in 1897. He then began the practice of his profession in Ashtabula, Ohio, where he remained for a year and a half, coming thence to South Bend in 1898 and entering the ranks of the dental profession. During the first two years of his residence here the doctor was associated ill practice with Dr. D. B. Calvert, but since that time he has been alone, maintaining an office in the Dean building.

In 1898 Dr. Moyer was united in marriage to Miss Alice Guy, a daughter of Andrew and Jane Guy, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and they have one son, Harold, born on the 3d of July, 1901. Dr. Moyer and wife are members of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, while fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen. He is very prominent in the musical circles of South Bend, and is now serving as bass singer in St. Paul's church.

A. P. Sibley. There is ever a degree of satisfaction and profit in scanning the life history of one who has attained an eminent degree of success as the direct result of individual efforts; one who has had the courage, patience, perseverance, energy and economy, together with the mentality, to direct his endeavors toward the desired end, and the singleness and steadfastness of purpose which has given true value to each consecutive detail of effort. As a distinctive type of this kind of man we can refer with singular propriety to the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this review.

A. P. Sibley, late president of the Sibley Machine Tool Company, of South Bend, was born in Worcester county, INIassachusetts, on the 30th of April, 1847, his father, Paul Sibley, also being a native of that state. The family, which is of English ancestry, is traced back to the early part of the seventeenth century, when the first American ancestor came "from England and located in New Hampshire, thence removing to Massachusetts. The surname Paul has descended through many generations, the great-grandfather, grandfather and father by that name having been Massachusetts farmers. The death of Paul Sibley, the father, occurred in his native connty. when A. P. Sibley was but ten years of age. His wife (nee Esther Stone\ also born in the old Bay State, was a sister of Amasa Stone and an aunt of Mrs. John Hay. She lived to the age of forty-seven years and reared a family of six children,

A. P. Sibley, the fifth child in order of birth and the only member of the family to live in Indiana, was reared and educated in his native county of Worcester, and after completing his studies learned the trade of a machinist at Warren, Massachusetts, being employed for eight years on contract work in the shops of L. W. Ponds. In company with John R. Mills he made the machinery which they brought to South Bend in 1874. and with which they embarked in business. They were also accompanied by George 0. Ware, and the firm of Sibley, Wells & Ware founded an establishment for general machine repairing at the foot of Washington street. Later they moved to what is now known as the old Bissell machine shops, and four years afterward, upon the retirement of jNIr. Wells, the firm became Sibley & Ware. In 1883 their shops were destroyed by fire, and in the same year the site on which the present plant stands was purchased and the buildings erected, but on account of the failing health of Mr. Ware, Mr. Sibley purchased the entire business in May, 1904, at which time it was incorporated under the name of the Sibley Machine Tool Company. This corporation, of which he was president, employs about one hundred operatives, makes a specialty of power drills and is one of the largest establishments of the kind in northern Indiana. Mr. Sibley is also vice-president of the Merchants' National Bank of South Bend.

The marriage of A. P. Sibley was celebrated in June, 1876, when Eva, the daughter of Robert Hardy, of South Bend, became his wife, and their three children are Olive, Walter and Helen. Mr. Sibley was an infiuential supporter of the Republican party, and frorii 1904 to 1906 represented the First ward in the city council. He was a member of the Commercial Athletic Club and of the iMethodist Episcopal church. In noting his prominence and broad usefulness it is interesting to remember that his location was a matter of pure accident. At the time of his journey hither he and his companions had purchased tickets for Chicago, intending to stop off at different places on the route: but they continued on as far a.s Iowa, where they spent one week, expecting to return directly to Lynn, INIassachusetts. But hearing of Elkhart, Indiana, they stopped otf at that place, and missing their train the following morning decided to locate in South Bend. Thus it was that Mr. Sibley became a resident of that city of thirty-three years' standing, during which period he enjoyed a continuous and prominent identification with its jDrogressive and meritorious interests. His career was ever such as to warrant the trust and confidence of the business world, and his activity in financial circles forms no unimportant factor in the history of St. Joseph county.

While Mr. Sibley devoted the greater part of his attention to his private affairs, his influence in public matters w^as great and his judgment eagerly sought and highly valued. Against his wishes he was elected to the city council in 1904, being considered a valuable addition to Republican leadership and the public service, giving as he did the same careful attention to his public duties as he had to his private affairs. When he refused a renomination in 1906. it was felt that the city had lost the services of a most superior public servant, and when the community learned of his death, which occurred May 25, 1907, it was fully realized what a broad a.nd leading part he had played in the best citizenship of South Bend. The irreparable loss, however, was to his most intimate relatives - his widow, his son and two daughters, who had been knit to him by years of thoughtful care and affectionate solicitude, a.nd his sister of the earlier years, Mrs. Mary Hobbs, of Spencer, Massachusetts. These, as well as his warm friends and close business and industrial associates, appreciated his stalwart manhood a.nd his high worth, from personal contact and the inner view of character.

The O'Brien Varnish Works. One of the most extensive manufactories of South Bend and one of the largest industries of a sharply limited nature in the West, is known as the O'Brien Varnish Works, located at the corner of Washington and Johnson streets. The business was established and incorporated by P. O'Bi'ien in 1878, and he has been its president ever since. The other officers of tlie company are his sons - Samuel P., W. D., GQorge L. and F. J. - all keen and popular business men, who have joined their abilities to those of their father to develop one of the largest manufactories of superior varnish in the country. The high reputation both of the management and the output is national, and therefore materially adds to the importance of South Bend as a commercial and industrial center.

Sixteen years ago the company erected a linseed oil mill, with a capacity of 225,000 bushels of flax seed annually, and thousands of barrels of oil and large quantities of oil cake are yearly shipped from the plant, some of the output being exported to Europe. Thcompany is independent in its transactions, and has always maintained such a high standard of its products that it is the general admission of dealers and consumers alike that the aim of its trademark ha.s been fully realized; the legend thereon inscribed is "Agimus anteeedere," "We strive to excel."

]\Ir. O'Brien, the founder of the cosmopolitan business which now extends throughout the United States and Canada, and has branched into no small portion of the old world, has been the leading figure of th.^ great industry for almost half a century. He is therefore a notable force in the material progress of South Bend, and is placed high in the claas of famous manufacturers which have given the city a standing in the enterprising and growing municipalities of the country.

Almond Bugbee. In the death of Almond Bugbee St. Joseph county lost one of her most prominent and useful citizens. His influence for good was widely felt, and his example was indeed worthy of emulation. He was at all times actuated by the highest motives and the most lofty impulses ; he lived for the benefit of others, ancl his memory remains as an unalloyed benediction to all who knew him. The history of South Bend would be incomplete without the record of his life, so intimately was he connected with industrial institutions.