A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Laporte County Indiana, Part 104

Author: Rev. E. D. Daniels
Publication date: 1904
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Number of Pages: 1273

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On the 26th of October, 1871, Mr. Callard was united in marriage to Miss Kate Slack and they now have two children: George Henry,

and Alice M., the former now manager for Swift & Company in Washington, D. C. He married Elizabeth Hadden, of Englewood, Illinois, by whom he has one son, Henry G. Alice M., is the wife of George Goring, of West Pullman, Illinois, and they have two children, George and Millard Francis. Mr. and Mrs. Callard attend the Episcopal church, and he belongs to the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party, and he served as a member of the school board while living in Kensington, a suburb of Chicago, where he still owns a good home.

HENRY J. SCHREIBER, a molder in the Haskell & Barker Car Works at Michigan City, is a native son of this city and has lived here all his life, enjoying the respect and esteem of all his business associates and social acquaintances. He began learning his trade when a boy, and for almost a quarter of a century has been connected with the Haskell & Barker Company. He is a conscientious and diligent workman, taking pride in the daily work of his hands, which is the prime requisite of the good citizen in every activity of life. He has also performed his share of the du- ties which devolve upon him as a unit of the municipal organism, and for two terms was en- rolled with the city fathers and assisted in the furthering of improvements and civic progress. .

Mr. Schreiber was born in Michigan City, January 13, 1861, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Nieman) Schreiber, and is the only one of their three children now living. His father was born in Germany, and the history of the family can not be traced beyond the grandfather, who died in Germany and was the father of a small family. Henry Schreiber followed various pursuits in his native land and in 1859, soon after his marriage, came to America and located in Michigan City, where he was killed as the result of an accident in 1860, eleven weeks before his son Henry J. was born, and when he was but twenty-three years old. His wife, who was also a native of Germany, married again, her second husband being Fred Schwark, and the following children were born to this union: Emma and Fred who lost their lives by drowning, at the re- spective ages of eleven and nine years ; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Charles McCrory; John, who married Minnie Ackerman; Lewis, who married Emma Kruesel; Ida, the wife of Albert Utley ; and Minnie, the wife of Avery Wood. The mother of these children died in the fall of 1900, when about sixty-five years old, and Mr. Schwark

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died in 1902, when past eighty-two years of age. She was a member of the Methodist church.

Henry J. Schreiber was reared in Michigan City and attended the public schools. For four years he was foreman of the lumber yard of Cut- ler & Savage, and then began learning the mold- er's trade in the shops of the Haskell & Barker Car Company. He soon proved himself an efficient workman, and he has been one of their most faithful and most reliable employes for twenty-four years.

On November 18, 1882, Mr. Schreiber mar- ried Miss Minnie Laborn, a daughter of Fred and Minnie Laborn. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Schreiber, four sons and three daughters. Elizabeth died in infancy ; Lil- lian is a graduate of the Michigan City high school and is a teacher in the Tryon public school; Arthur is attending high school, and Henry, William, Wilhelmina and John are also in school. Mr. Schreiber affiliates with the Royal Arcanum and the Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks. He has always been a Democrat in politics. He has served two terms in the city council, being a representative from the fourth ward, which is the municipal division in which he was born. He built his present comfortable home at 208 West Baltimore street in 1893. He formerly lived in the fifth ward, on Hendricks avenue, where he built two homes, but he has since sold these.

FRANK E. OSBORN. Indiana has al- ways been distinguished for the high rank of her bench and bar. While the growth and develop- ment of the state in the last half century has been most marvelous viewed from any standpoint, yet of no one class of her citizenship has she greater reason for just pride than her judges and at- torneys. In Frank E. Osborn we find united many of the rare qualities which go to make up a successful lawyer. He has those solid and more substantial qualities which shine with a constant lustre, shedding light in the dark places with steadiness and continuity rather than those bril- liant, dazzling and meteoric qualities which are sometimes seen on the legal horizon. He has that rare ability of saying in a convincing way the right thing at the right time. His mind is analytical, logical and inductive, and with a thor- ough and comprehensive knowledge of the funda- mental principles of the law he combines a famil- iarity with statutory law and a sober, clear judg- ment which makes him a formidable adversary in legal combat.

Mr. Osborn was born in Essex, now Morgan township, in Porter county, Indiana, September 17, 1857. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Osborn, was a native of North Carolina, whence he removed to Ohio with his parents, and on at- taining his majority he removed to Wayne county, Indiana, becoming one of its earliest set- tlers. In 1840 he came to LaPorte county, where he spent his remaining days, and here as in other localities in which he lived he always followed the occupation of farming.

Jason Osborn, the father of Frank E. Os- born, was born in Wayne county, Indiana, and came with his parents to LaPorte county in 1840, the family home being established in Clin- ton township. After his marriage he purchased a farm just across the line in Porter county, a part of it also lying in LaPorte county. He was a successful man and lived continuously upon his farm until 1901, when he retired from active bus- iness life and took up his residence in the town of Wanatah, LaPorte county, where he died on the Ist of February, 1903. In his early man- hood he had wedded Eliza C. Graham, who was born in the southern part of Indiana and is now living at Wanatah. Her people were from Vir- ginia, and her father was at one time a slave- owner there.

Frank E. Osborn attended the country schools and also the academy at Wanatah. He pursued a general course of study in the North- ern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso in 1875-6, and previous to entering that institution and for two years subsequent to his course there he engaged in teaching school. Mr. Osborn took up the study of law under the direction of W. E. Pinney at Valparaiso, who directed his reading for six months, after which he went to Ann Ar- bor, Michigan, and was for one year a student in the law department of the Michigan State Uni- versity there. On the expiration of that period he came to LaPorte and entered the law office of the firm of Weir & Biddle in April, 1879. He applied himself assiduouly to the mastery of the principles of jurisprudence, and in November. 1880, was admitted to the bar, although he con- tinued with the firm of Weir & Biddle until the Ist of January, 1882. He then entered into part- nership with David J. Wile, which relation was maintained until the Ist of January, 1887. Mr. Osborn then practiced alone until 1891, when he entered into partnership with John C. Richter. now circuit judge, being thus associated in his business for two years. He then practiced alone again `until May, 1896, when he formed a part-

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nership with H. W. Salwasser, which continued until 1901, and he is now alone in the general practice of law, having the largest clientage of any member of the bar at LaPorte. His work is conducted systematically and carefully, enabling him to accomplish a very large amount of busi- ness. He has an experienced assistant aiding him in preparing pleadings and to make researches into law cases and other details, thus allowing Mr. Osborn to devote his time to the more im- portant features of his practice. He is a very energetic, hard-working man, resourceful and successful, and as a lawyer he ranks among the best in the state. Above pettifogging or chican- ery, he conducts his cases earnestly, honestly and skilfully. He is an impressive and logical rea- soner, well grounded in the principles of law, quick to grasp the points in the case and adroit in presenting them.

On the 18th of January, 1882, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Osborn and Miss Elizabeth Clark, a representative of one of the old families of LaPorte county. Her grandfather, Marcena Clark, located here at a very early day. To Mr. and Mrs. Osborn have been born four sons : Lee L., who is a graduate of the high school and now at the age of twenty years is preparing for the bar at Ann Arbor; Gordon C., aged seventeen years ; Kenneth D., a youth of thirteen years ; and F. Leslie, who at the age of eleven completes the familv.

Mr. Osborn owns one of the finest residences in LaPorte and also some valuable farm prop- erty in the county. In his political views he has always been a Republican, but never an aspirant for office. He was at one time appointed deputy prosecuting attorney, but otherwise has held no public office. Prominent in the Odd Fellows society, he has been a trustee of his lodge for nearly twenty years, and was acting in that ca- pacity when the Odd Fellows building was erected in LaPorte. He also held membership with the Knights of Pythias fraternity and the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks. He has proved himself, in all the relations of life, an earnest, honest, upright man and a citizen of whom any community might justly feel proud.

JAMES H. BUCK, president of the LaPorte Savings Bank, has lived in LaPorte county prac- tically all his life of sixty years, and is a son of an old settler. While farming has been his prin- cipal occupation, in which pursuit he has taken rank among the premier farmers of the county, he has also been a business man of ability. He has

been at the head of the above mentioned bank for a number of years, and it is one of the flourishing financial institutions of northern Indiana, with ample capital and resources, with substantial and conservative men as backing and managers, and of much influence in business and industrial circles.

Mr. Buck is the fourth of six children born to Alvin and Alvira (Wadsworth) Buck, the former of whom was born in Worthington, Massachusetts, in 1797, and died in LaPorte county in 1881, and the latter was born in North Becket, Massachusetts, in 1810, and died in La- Porte county in 1896. Alvin Buck came to La- Porte county in 1838, so that he is listed among the old settlers. He was a farmer, and a man of high character and respected throughout the county where he lived so many years. Three of the children are still living: Joseph W .; Mrs. Florence Witwer, of Dallas, Texas; and James H.

James H. Buck was born in LaPorte county, August 24, 1842, hardly a decade after the first settlers broke ground for the city of LaPorte, and when the greater part of the county was still prairie or woodland. Mr. Buck was a lad of eight years before the first successful railroad traversed LaPorte county. He was reared on a farm, attending the early schools of the locality and also the Valparaiso schools. He was just twenty years old, in August, 1862, when he en- listed in Company C, Seventy-second Illinois Volunteers, and he was in three years' service, receiving his discharge in August, 1865, at Vicks- burg. He was advanced in rank, and at the time of his discharge was second lieutenant of his com- pany. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, and the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee, besides minor engagements. In the fall of 1866 he received an appointment as United States assessor for the Fifth Missouri district, and discharged the duties of the office for three years. He then returned to LaPorte county in 1869, and since that time has been mainly engaged in farming. He owns one of the fine farms of the county, consisting of four hundred acres, and its well improved acres are valuable and produc- tive. In 1885 Mr. Buck moved into the city of LaPorte, from which point he has superintended his business and farming affairs. He was elected president of the LaPorte Savings Bank in 1890, and has remained such to the present.

Mr. Buck was married in 1869 to Mrs. Celia Hamilton, the widow of Dr. Thomas Hamilton, who died in the service at Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Buck have three children : Mrs.

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H. W. Wilson, of Michigan City; Mrs. L. C. Bartholomew, of Michigan City; and Patti O., living at home. Mr. Buck is a Republican, and affiliates with Excelsior Lodge No. 41, F. & A. M., and Patton Post No. 141, G. A. R. He is a successful man, and in all the relations of life his worth and ability have gained him esteem and recognition as a loyal citizen, kind friend and worker for the attainment of the best ideals.

MILTON W. LEWIS is one of the native sons of LaPorte county and a self-made man whose efforts have been the potent factors in winning him success. His ambition has been to provide a good home for his family and to supply them with all that promotes true happiness, and to this end he has so directed his labors that they have been crowned with prosperity.

Mr. Lewis was born in New Durham town- ship, May 4, 1857. His father, Joseph S. Lewis, was a native of New York, and in that state mar- ried Miss Lucinda A. Havens. In their early mar- ried life they came to the west, and for a number of years he was a sailor on the lakes. He lived in this county when pioneer conditions made it a frontier region. There were still many Indians in the neighborhood, and wild game of various kinds could be had in abundance, including deer, which were frequently shot by the early settlers. His political support was given the Whig party until the organization of the new Republican party, when he joined its ranks and continued to follow its banners until his death. His wife was born, reared and educated in Ohio, and by her marriage she became the mother of nine children, five sons and four daughters, of whom five are yet living : Leonard W., who is a landlord residing in Frankford, Kansas; Francis D., who is married and is engaged in the city express business in Chicago; Milton W .; Olive G., the wife of James G. Thomas, the proprietor of Hotel Thomas of Westville ; and Joseph S., Jr., who is married and makes his home in Chicago. When called to their final rest, the remains of the parents were interred in the Westville cemetery. The father was a soldier of the Seminole war and also of the Civil war, and was ever a most loyal de- fender of his country and her best interests.

Milton W. Lewis was reared in LaPorte county in the usual manner of farmer lads, and his early education, acquired in the common schools, was supplemented by a brief course of study under Professor Laird, of the Westville high school. He started out upon his business career empty-handed, but to-day is one of the

prosperous farmers of the county, and all that he now possesses has been acquired through his own enterprising efforts. Realizing that there is no royal road to wealth and that "there is no ex- cellence without labor," he has labored untir- ingly and his strenuous life has resulted in the acquirement of a competence which enables him to supply his children with all the necessities and many of the comforts of life.

Mr. Lewis was married to Miss Florence M. Loomis, one of the most estimable ladies of New Durham township, the wedding taking place on the IIth of November, 1883. Their marriage was blessed with three sons. Claude E., the eldest, is a member of the LaPorte high school of the class of 1904, and will probably enter Purdue Univer- sity on the completion of his public school course, for he has manifested a desire to become an elec- trical engineer. The other sons, Leroy G. and Wesley D., are pupils of Clinton township schools. Mrs. Lewis was born near Westville, Indiana, January 18, 1861, a daughter of Ralph and Kate S. (Knight) Loomis, who were prom- inent and well known citizens of this county. Mrs. Lewis was a lady of innate refinement and of more than ordinary ability, a woman whom to know was to respect and admire. Her interest centered in her home and church, she being a devoted member of the Methodist church, and she did everything in her power to promote the welfare of her husband and children. On the 16th of April, 1903, she was called to her final rest. In speaking of her demise the Westville Indicator said: "The last sad rites over the in- animate clay of the late Mrs. Milton Lewis were held in the Methodist Episcopal church of West- ville, the Rev. D. A. Rodgers officiating. An immense congregation was present to testify their respect to the dead. A beautiful floral pillow and a profusion of flowers literally covered the casket."

Florence M. Lewis was born near Westville, Indiana, January 18, 1861, and was married to Milton W. Lewis, November 11, 1883, at Con- stantine, Michigan. She united with the church at Clinton early in life and was always a devoted Christian. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, a faithful and sincere friend. Her memory remains, however, as a blessed benedic- tion to all who knew her, and her good deeds and kindly spirit will be cherished for years to come in the hearts of those who enjoyed her friend- ship. Her loss came an as an almost unbearable blow to her family, but Mr. Lewis bravely took up the burden of life and is putting forth earnest

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efforts to rear his sons in a manner that will make them useful and honorable men.

His farm comprises one hundred and sixty- five acres lying in Clinton and New Durham townships and is rich and productive, returning to him golden harvests for the care and labor he bestows upon them. He is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for James A. Gar- field. Fraternally, he is connected with West- ville Lodge No. 309, K. P., in which he has been chancellor commander and prelate, and is now past chancellor and master of finance. He was also a delegate to the grand lodge at Indianapolis, and he holds membership relations with the Rath- bone Sisters, No. 273, of Westville. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church at Westville, and is serving as a steward and on the official board. His life has been honorable, his actions manly and sincere, and in his business relations he is active and energetic, and in his dealings straightforward and trustworthy.

WILLARD W. PLACE .. Upon the should- ers of the younger element of a community falls the robe of responsibility, and much depends on their lives as good and worthy citizens. Mr. Wil- lard W. Place is a scion of one of the well known families of LaPorte and St. Joseph counties. He was born in Johnson township, LaPorte county, December 21, 1869, being the eldest of the four children, two sons and two daughters, born to Benjamin F. and Lizzie W. (Wisenbaug) Place. The succinct history of the Place family is pre- sented in the sketch of V. E. Wilkinson, of New Durham township, whose wife was a Place.

Mr. Place was reared in the locality of his birth, and was educated in the common schools. He has been reared as a tiller of the soil. It was at the age of seventeen that he took charge of the estate, so that much responsibility has rested on his shoulders. He inherited a quarter interest in three hundred acres of land, with incum- brances, and he has been more than ordinarily successful and industrious. The children, at the death of their parents, met together in coun- cil and agreed to settle each one's share without the intervention of legal talent, and this they ac- complished.

Mr. Place married Miss Clara A. Ellsworth, June 23, 1897, and four children, two sons and two daughters, have been born to them: Ellsworth B., Wilbur J., Claire E. and Mary. Mrs. Place was born in Summit county, New Jersey, June 3. 1874, and first came to LaPorte county when a little girl. She afterward returned to New Jersey

and made her home with her grandmother and her aunt until 1890. She was educated in the east, and her last four years of schooling, her high school course, was received at LaPorte, In- diana. She was a teacher for two years in La- Porte county, one year in Johnson and one year in Pleasant township. In manner Mrs. Place is most genial and cordial, and makes her home her paradise.

Mr. Place is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first vote for Grover Cleveland, and has been selected as delegate to county conventions at various times. In 1893 he was elected trustee of Johnson township, and held the office for six years. He has always stanchly upheld the prin- ciples of his party. Mr. and Mrs. Place are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church at Walkerton, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Place are now the owners of three hundred and twenty acres of good land, and he, being one of the younger men of his township, prosecutes his labors with vigor and enthusiasm and gets good returns for his work. They are a most worthy young couple, of good families, and are highly deserving of a place in this history.

HENRY HERROLD is one of the extensive landowners and leading stock-raisers and ship- pers of LaPorte county, his possessions here ag- gregating about eight hundred acres. He has so directed his labors and utilized his time as to accumulate a handsome competence, and his life work should serve to encourage and inspire others who have no inheritance to aid them as they start out to make their own way in the world.

Mr. Herrold is of German lienage, and pos- sesses many of the sterling traits of character of his Teutonic ancestry. He was born in Vinton county, Ohio, on the 25th, of June, 1838. His father, Jacob Herrold, was also a native of Ohio, born in 1805, and his death occurred in 1877. He was a farmer by occupation, industrious and resolute in all of his work, and thus he won for himself a comfortable competence. The year 1854 witnessed his arrival in New Durham town- ship, LaPorte county, where he purchased one hundred and fifty acres of partially improved land, to which he afterward added until his farm comprised four hundred acres. He was a man of sound judgment, and keen discrimination and unfaltering energy, and upon those qualities as a foundation he builded his success. All respected him for his genuine worth of character as well as for the successful life he lived. In politics he

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was a Jackson Democrat, and ardently supported those principles. In his religious views he was a Methodist and lived fully up to the teachings of his church. Although the original German spelling of the name was Herrolt, it was Angli- cized to its present form, and it became a most honored name in LaPorte county on account of the blameless life led by Jacob Herrold. He mar- ried Sarah Minturn, and unto them were born nine sons and three daughters. The mother was born near Parkersburg, West Virginia, in 1814, and died in 1898. A beautiful stone marks the last resting place of Mr. and Mrs. Herrold in New Durham cemetery.

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A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Laporte County Indiana, Part 104

Author: Rev. E. D. Daniels Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1273

Author: Rev. E. D. Daniels
Publication date: 1904
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1273