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learned the business thoroughly, and when he resigned, at the age of twenty-three years, was general accountant, quite a responsible position for so young a man. When he gave up railroading he joined the New York Life Insurance Company at Evansville, and remained therewith for ten years. While he was thus employed he became financially interested in the Auto Tire Company of Evans- ville, and became actively engaged in the enterprise. The business had been incorporated in 1920, with Mr. Ahlering in the vice-presi- dential position, but in June, 1922, was made president and general manager, and since that time the Auto Tire and Rubber Company has proven an unqualified success. This can be traced directly to the abilities of Mr. Ahlering, who has demonstrated the possession of judgment, acumen and foresight in the handling of difficult problems and the readjustment of methods and policies. In politics he is an independent voter. He belongs to the Knights of Colum- bus, fourth degree, and the Evansville Country Club. November 24, 1914, Mr. Ahlering married Miss Elizabeth A. Kollker, of Evans- ville, daughter of Henry Kollker, who was an early tailor of Evans- ville, and to this union there have come three children: Mary Jane, born in 1916; Betty Louise, born in 1918; and George Henry, born in 1921.
John Andres. A leading and important enterprise of Evansville, and one which contributes to the prestige of this city as a point of manufacture, is the Standard Brick Manufacturing Company. Since 1903, the office of secretary-treasurer of this concern has rested in the hands of John Andres, who, in addition, is largely interested in civic affairs and has been active in various ways in the development of the city's welfare. Mr. Andres was born not far from Chicago, at Somonauk, DeKalb county, Illinois, January 13, 1870, and is a son of Rev. John and Magdalina (Schoepflin) Andres. His father, born August 31, 1840, in Switzerland, was a graduate of a theological seminary at Basle, Switzerland, and was sent by the Church of England to Argentine, South America, and Patagonia territory, in the same country, and was engaged in missionary work there for five years. Returning then to Switzerland, he married Magdalina Schoepflin, who was born May 22, 1839, in the province of Baden, Germany, and attended a college at Carlsruhe near Strassburg. Shortly after their marriage they emigrated to the United States, in 1866, and here Reverend Andres held various charges. He died in 1896, at Henderson, Kentucky, where for five years he had been pastor of the Zion Evangelical Church. Mrs. Andres survived her husband until May 2, 1902, when she passed away at Henderson. There were four children in the family: John, of this review; Gottlieb, employed by the Parson-Scoville Grocery Company ; Rev. Benjamin, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Bardstown, Kentucky; and Obed, a locomotive engineer with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. The public school education of John Andres was acquired in different points in Ohio and Michi- gan, but the greater part of his schooling was obtained at Cleve-
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land, Ohio, where his father had charge of the oldest Evangelical Church of the city for eight years. The family income was not large, and Jolin, the second eldest of the brothers, entered the employ of the Western Union Telegraph Company, January 10, 1884, at Cleveland. He started as a messenger boy, but before leav- ing had worked his way up to operator and had worked every wire with the exception of the Associated Press wire. Mr. Andres then went to Henderson, Kentucky, with his father, and took a clerical position with the Hodge Tobacco Company, a concern with which he was identified for three years, after which he connected himself with the Planters State Bank at Henderson, where he remained for eight years. He embarked in the brick manufactur- ing business through the invitation of H. C. Kleymeyer, joining the Standard Brick Manufacturing Company as secretary and treasurer in 1903. These positions he has retained to the present, with offices in the Furniture Building. Mr. Andres has been a member of the water works board of Evansville for eight years, and, having previously been president, was again chosen to hold that office in 1923 and still retains it. In politics he is a republican, and is minority member of the water works board. He belongs also to the board of the Evansville Rescue Mission ; is a director of the Indiana State Sunday School Association; was formerly treas- urer of the Henderson (Kentucky) Young Men's Christian Associa- tion for seven years; was formerly on the Boys' Work Committee of the Y. M. C. A. for ten years; is past president of the Rotary Club; is serving his third term as treasurer of the Manufacturers' Association ; and has been an associate member of the Real Estate Board practically since its organization. During the past fourteen years Mr. Andres has been superintendent of St. Luke's Evan- gelical Church Sunday School, and for ten years was a member of the executive board of the Vanderburgh County Sunday School Association. November 24, 1897, Mr. Andres married Miss Caro- line Kleymeyer, of Henderson, Kentucky, daughter of Henry and Louise (Bruning) Kleymeyer, and to this union there have come. three daughters: Louise M., Adele W. and Marianna.
John B. Archbold. Among the honored citizens of Vander- burgh county, none are more worthy of being commemorated in its annals than John B. Archbold, of Evansville. For forty-five years he has lived within its borders, during which time he has been a prominent factor in its business and civic affairs, fairly earning a reputation for honorable dealing with his fellow-citizens to such a degree as to make his name a synonym for all that is honorable in business and correct in morals. The president of the John Archbold Coal Company was born in the North of England, in 1848, and received a common school education there. Likewise, in his native land he received his introduction to the mining busi- ness, but at the age of nineteen years he emigrated to the United States and took up his residence in the coal regions of Pennsyl- vania, where he remained several years. Next he went to Wash- ington, Daviess county, Indiana, where he remained about two
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years, subsequently worked in the mines of Warrick county, this state for a time, and still later spent a short period in Alabama. In 1878, Mr. Archbold came to Evansville, which has been his home ever since. For about nine years after his arrival he was variously employed in the coal business, a part of the time as superintendent, and finally he embarked in business alone, in 1887, when he founded his present business, located at the corner of Fifth and Walnut Streets. This business was incorporated as the John Archbold Coal Company, in 1901, and the present officials are: John Arch- bold, president ; Edmund J. Archbold, mine superintendent; Eliza- beth Burket Archbold, secretary; and Victor Herrenbruck, treas- urer. Mr. Archbold may well be termed a representative man. His has been an honorable career and is an example of honest perse- verance successfully winning fortune's smiles and a handsome com- petency. Prior to his coming to Evansville he had been a member of the Knights of Pythias, having been a charter member of St. George's Lodge of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. He still belongs to that fraternity and to the Masonic order and holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce. He is an ardent Republican in his poli- tical views, and his religious connection is with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1868 Mr. Archbold married Miss Harriet Burket Longridge, of Sunderland, England, and they had four children : Elizabeth Burket, secretary of the John Archbold Coal Company; George F., who died January 8, 1922, who left one daughter, Elizabeth, educated at the Evansville High School and now bookkeeper for the John Archbold Coal Company ; and Fred- erick, who died in infancy. Mrs. Archbold died in 1872, and Mr. Archbold married Miss Mary E. Sauer, of Evansville, by whom he has two children: Edmund J. and Blanche. Edmund J. Archbold attended the graded and high schools of Evansville and when still a lad entered the coal business, having been associated with his father for some years. He married Bertha Britzius, daughter of Charles Britzius, of Newberg, Indiana, and they have one daughter, Mary Margaret, who is now attending high school. Blanche Arch- bold married A. J. Ritter, of Evansville, and they have one son, John Archbold, a student in the public school.
Victor David Herrenbruck, treasurer of the John Archbold Coal Company, was born at Evansville, January 15, 1879, a son of Fred W. and Barbara Herrenbruck, the former a native of Posey county, Indiana, and the latter also born in this state. Mrs. Herrenbruck died when her son was an infant, and the father, who was engaged in the shoe business as a member of the firm of Rahm & Herren- bruck, at 210 Main Street, passed away in 1884. There were three children in the family: Fred, who died at the age of ten years; Mamie, now the wife of E. G. Kerth, of Anna, Illinois ; and Victor D. Victor D. Herrenbruck secured a high school education and after pursuing a course at Lockyear's Business College became a newspaper reporter, a business which he followed for one year. He then became a bookkeeper for the Bedford, Weikel & Nugent
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Company, and in 1901 became associated with the John Archbold Coal Company. Mr. Herrenbruck is independent in his political views, and as a fraternalist belongs to the B. P. O. Elks. His religious connection is with the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church.
Maurice C. Arnold, D. D. S. In the ranks of the dental pro- fession at Evansville, one of the younger practitioners who is mak- ing rapid progress in his chosen calling is Dr. Maurice C. Arnold, who has gained notable distinction in this field of activity. Doc- tor Arnold was born in Cannelton, Indiana, October 28, 1896, and attended the public schools of his native community, graduating from the Cannelton High School as a member of the class of 1915. He then enrolled as a student in the dental department of the University of Louisville (Kentucky), and was graduated therefrom with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1919, in June of which year he located at Evansville and began practice. Doctor Arnold, during the course of his dental studies, had his education temporarily interrupted by the World War. Enlisting in 1917, he was sent to Camp Taylor, where he was assigned to the M. E. R. C. Corps. He received his honorable discharge in December, 1918, and at that time resumed his studies. Doctor Arnold belongs to several professional bodies, as well as to civic and social organiza- tions, and in every way is an active participant in the life of his adopted city. He maintains offices at 303-4 Peoples Savings Bank Building.
Paul E. Ashby. Nowhere is the value of thorough preparation in professional life more evident than in the domain of the law, for in the legal field the university is practically a necessity if the young man reasonably hopes to get beyond the small courts and the region of pettifogging. The maxim of one's being sure before going ahead is one which need not alone be posted in business houses. Hurry, feverish haste without forethought, is fatal to the lawyer as well as to the merchant. Still a young man, Paul E. Ashby prepared himself with patience and thoroughness before he entered into the activities of his profession, with the result that in the short period of his actual practice he has made noticeable strides toward success. A native of Webster county, Kentucky, where he was born August 22, 1892, he is a son of Henry L. and Mattie R. (Elliott) Ashby. Henry L. Ashby was born September I, 1855, in Hopkins county, Kentucky, and after growing to man- hood first adopted the vocation of farming, which he subsequently gave up in favor of merchandising. He was an active member of the Methodist church, a stanch republican in his political views and as a fraternalist was affiliated with the Odd Fellows. Two of the Ashby's, one of them Benjamin, fought in the Union army during the Civil war, and took part in a number of fiercely-contested en- gagements, among them Shiloh and Fort Donelson. Louis Han- cock, paternal great-grandfather of Paul E. Ashby, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and also participated in many engagements of that war. Mrs. Ashby, who now resides at Evansville with her son,
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has always been active in promoting the welfare of the communi- ties in which she has lived. Her father, Elias D. Elliott, fought as a soldier of the Union during the Civil war. He later became a minister of the Methodist church and for many years was promi- nent in church affairs. The early educational training of Paul E. Ashby was acquired in the country school of his home community in Webster county, Kentucky, following which he attended the high school at Sebree, Kentucky, and was graduated therefrom in April, 1910. He at once entered the University of Kentucky, where he took first the academic course and then spent eighteen months in the agricultural college, and in February, 1919, enrolled as a student of the law college, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws, June 14, 1922. In September, 1922, he was ad- mitted to the Kentucky Bar, and in the following month to the Bar of Indiana. Since October, 1922, he has been engaged in the prac- tice of his profession at Evansville, where he has a large clientele and maintains well-appointed offices at No. 510 Old State Bank Building. Mr. Ashby is a member of the national honorary law fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta, a college fraternity, and belongs to Diamond Lodge, No. 79, I. O. O. F., of Onton, Kentucky. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church. Politically he is a Republican. January 4, 1913, Mr. Ashby married Bessie W., daughter of W. W. and Julia (Hardin) King, of Louisville, Ken- tucky, and they have two children : Pauline, born May 8, 1914; and Henrietta, born November 11, 1918.
Clarence S. Baker, M. D. In a day when specializing is carried on in all lines of activity, it is not surprising to find many special- ists in the profession of medicine, one of the most progressive callings in which man may engage. Evansville can boast of num- erous men who have gained the reputation of authorities in highly specialized avenues of their calling, and in this category is placed Dr. Clarence S. Baker, Roentgenologist and anaesthetist of the Walker Hospital. Doctor Baker was born at Boonville, Indiana, August 15, 1882, and received his early education in the public schools of Warrick county, this state. As a member of the class of 1900, he graduated from Richland High School, in Spencer county, Indiana, and then attended the Indiana State Normal School and taught school for two years. Finally he enrolled as a student at Louisville Medical College, from which he was graduated with his degree in 1906, and at that time began the practice of his calling in Spencer county, Indiana. In 1916, he answered a call to Evans- ville, where he has since been identified with Walker Hospital, in the capacity of Roentgenologist and anaesthetist. Doctor Baker has made a close and comprehensive study of the subjects which enter into his specialties and is justly regarded as one of the best- informed men in his line to be found in the state. He is a member of the Vanderburgh County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. As a fra- ternalist he holds membership in the Masons and the Knights of
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Pythias. In 1909, Doctor Baker married Miss Celeste Sharpe, of Rockport, Spencer county, Indiana, and to this union there have been born two sons: Clarence E., born April 23, 1910, who grad- uated from the Stanley Hall public school as a member of the class of 1923 ; and Robert A., born June 2, 1911, who is a student in the seventh grade of the same school. The family occupies a pleasant residence at No. 609 'Linwood Avenue.
Irvin C. Barclay, M. D. The fearless, questioning attitude of the twentieth century nowhere is more apparent than in the pro- fession of medicine. The tendency of the present-day physician to avoid, beyond all things, hasty conclusions or too ready depend- ence on formulae, is rapidly destroying ancient delusions, thereby placing the health of the nation in the hands of reasoners and in- dependent thinkers. In this class undoubtedly belongs Dr. Irvin C. Barclay, who, although still one of the younger members of his profession, is accounted a physician of modern tendencies at Evans- ville, where he is identified with the Walker Hospital. Doctor Barclay was born at Macomb, Illinois, April 7, 1890, and acquired his early educational training in the public schools there. After his graduation from the Macomb High School, he entered Knox College, at Galesburg, Illinois, and graduated in June, 1912. He further prepared himself for his profession at the medical school of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, from which he graduated in June, 1916. He was later an interne at the Henry Ford Hos- pital, Detroit, Michigan, for two years. He then became resident physician at the Union Protestant Infirmary at Baltimore. Doctor Barclay came to Evansville in December, 1918, and at once attached himself to the staff of the Walker Hospital, with which he has since been identified. His opportunities along professional lines have been numerous and his use of these has made him well known and highly esteemed in his calling. Doctor Barclay belongs to the Vanderburgh County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. At Knox College he was admitted to membership in the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and when at Johns Hopkins University he was elected a member of the Phi Chi medical fraternity and the honorary medical fra- ternity of Alpha Omega Alpha. His religious connection is with the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church. He maintains his office at the Walker Hospital, 712 South Fourth Street. December 22, 1915, Doctor Barclay married Miss Nelle Elizabeth Walker, of Galesburg, Illinois, a graduate of Knox College, who died April 23, 1923, leaving one son, Robert Walker Barclay.
Henry Barker. That the homely qualities of perseverance, in- dustry and integrity have lost none of their power to advance their possessor in position and in the esteem of his associates and fellow- citizens is shown in the career of Henry Barker, recorder of Van- derburgh county and a man who has made a place for himself in public life as well as in business circles. Mr. Barker was born March 5, 1873, at Evansville, and is a son of William Henry Har-
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rison and Julia Ann (Arnold) Barker. His father was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, and in his youth joined an Ohio regimet of volun- teers for service in the Union army during the Civil war. At its close he resumed his vocation as a brass moulder, was married, and about 1870, came to Evansville, where he completed his life as a brass moulder and finisher, and died about 1886. He married Julia Ann Arnold, who came from New England, being a native of Massachusetts, and she still survives at the age of eighty-two years, a resident of Evansville. There are four children in the family : Henry, Edward I., Leonard C., and Mrs. Grace E. Pickett, all of Evansville. Henry Barker was only thirteen years of age at the time of his father's death, and as it was necessary that he assist in the family support, he did not get much opportunity to secure an education. However, he attended the Carpenter street school regu- larly, and after he had left school and started to work, he showed commendable ambition by devoting a large part of his spare time to reading, study and self improvement. His first employment was with the Kohinoor Laundry Company, and after eighteen years of faithful service he became manager, secretary and treasurer thereof. He was next with the White Swan Laundry Company, after leav- ing which he became a knight of the grip and traveled extensively for the Indiana Refining Company of Evansville. In 1917, Mr. Barker appeared as a candidate for the office of county recorder and in the election which followed defeated Jacob Boyer for the office. He came up for re-election, and was opposed by Jacob Bippus, but made a successful campaign and was returned to the office. He has discharged its duties capably, and during the entire time of his incumbency the matters of the office have been con- ducted in an orderly and business-like manner. Mr. Barker has made his own way and whatever he has accomplished should be placed to his own credit. He has an excellent record for integrity in business and honesty in office, while personally he attracts his associates naturally and holds them indefinitely. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. October 5, 1912, Mr. Barker was united in marriage with Miss Emma Hoge, of Evansville.
William E. Barnes, M. D. Occupying a prominent place among the physicians of Vanderburgh county is Dr. William E. Barnes, who has been engaged continuously in practice at Evansville since 1917, with the exception of about one year spent in the military service. He is a man of many interests related to his profession, in which he has made rapid advancement, and has won public esteem by the capable manner in which he has discharged his various re- sponsibilities. Doctor Barnes was born in 1892, at Evansville, and is a son of W. E. and Matilda (Wastjer) Barnes, the former a native of Lockport, New York, and now a well-known resident of Evans- ville. Mrs. Barnes was born at Evansville and is a daughter of Fred Wastjer, a native of Alsace-Lorraine, who came to Evansville at an early day, became a successful merchant, and some years
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prior to his death served as coroner of Vanderburgh county. He was active in politics and a well-known figure of his day in public life. The public schools of Evansville furnished Dr. William E. Barnes with his early education, and after his graduation from the high school, as a member of the class of 1910, he spent the rest of that year and the year 1911 at Wabash College. Following this he entered the school of medicine at Indiana State University, from which he was graduated in 1916, with the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine, and after this served interneships at the Methodist and City Hospitals, Indianapolis. In 1917, he began the practice of medicine at Evansville and continued to be thus engaged until 1918, when he enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States Army and re- ceived a commission as first lieutenant. His services were confined to the training camps of this country, and he received his honorable discharge at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1919. At once he returned to Evansville, where he has been engaged in a constantly-growing practice at his well-appointed offices situated at 702 East Columbia Street. Doctor Barnes has a large and appreciative clientele, at- tracted by his ability, sympathy and the confidence that he is cap- able of instilling into the minds of his patients. He is a member of the Vanderburgh County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medi- cal Society, the Ohio Valley Medical Association and the American Medical Association, and keeps fully abreast of all the advance- ments being made in his profession. He has served as president and as secretary of the Vanderburgh County Medical Society, is a mem- ber of the staffs of St. Mary's Hospital and the Babies' Milk Fund Association, is physician of Pigeon township, and was formerly vice-president of the Evansville Board of Health. While at college he was admitted to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha scholar- ship fraternity and the Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity; is a thirty- second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and belongs also to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Improved Order of Red Men. He is also enrolled as a member of the Press and Lancet Clubs, and his religious connection is with St. Paul's Episcopal Church. November 10, 1919, Doctor Barnes was united in marriage with Ninon, daughter of Dr. S. Clyde Smith, a well-known dental prac- titioner of Evansville, and to this union there has come one son: Bruce Smith, who was born September 24, 1920.
Simon Bartholome, Sr. During a period of forty years, from the time of his arrival in 1877, until his retirement, in 1917, Simon Bartholome, Sr. was one of the prominent business men of Evans- ville, widely known because of his connection with several of the city's leading industries. While he has not been active in business affairs during the past six years, he still maintains an interest therein, as he does in the welfare of the city of his adoption. Mr. Bartholome was born September 7, 1844, at 'Lawrenceburg, Dear- born county, Indiana, and is a son of Joseph and Anna Mary Bar- tholome, natives of Bade, Germany, and pioneer residents of
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